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Questions about Text Structures

100

What does compare and contrast entail?

A compare and contrast paragraph discusses the similarities and differences between two or more topics.

200

What does descriptive text mean?

Explaning something in great detail.

300

Which of these selections describes compare and contrast?

1 A passage explaining why you should get a dog.

2 A passage comparing dogs to cats.

3 A passage that talks about the history of famous dogs.

A passage comparing dogs to cats.

400

What do sequence text structures do?

1. List events in timeline order.

2. Find similarities and differences between the two objects.

3. Describe an event or person in vivid detail.

List events in timeline order

500

Which of these are comparisons and contrasts?

• "She ran her hand through his moppy hair.
• "It wasn't until he got paid that he was able to buy the birthday present and finally leave for the party."
• "A bird has two legs, but an insect has six".

"A bird has two legs, but an insect has six".

Questions about Figurative Language

100

What is a hyperbole?

An exaggerated statement.

200

What is a simile?

A comparison using "like" or "as".

300

What's an idiom?

An idiom is a type of phrase or expression that has a meaning that can't be deciphered by defining the individual words.

400

What is a pun?

make a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word.

500

What's a metaphor?

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

Questions about different Types of Writing

100

what do narrative essays aim to do?

Narrative essays aim to inform.

200

What does narrative aim to do?

Relay a series of events in an emotionally engaging way.

300

What do argumentative essays aim to do?

Argumentative essays aim to persuade someone to agree with the passage.

400

What does argumentative aim to do?

It aims to get you to agree with the passage.

500

What does an informative aim to do? 

Informative aims to inform people in a factual way.

Questions about Parts of Speech

100

What is a nouns?

A noun is a word that refers to a thing (book), a person (Noah Webster), an animal (animal), a place (place), a quality (softness), an idea, or an action.

200

What is a verb?

a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence.

300

What is an adjective

a word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it.

400

What is a adverb?

a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb.

500

What are prepositional phrases?

A prepositional phrase is a modifying phrase consisting of a preposition and its object.