Genres
Written stories about people and events that are not real.
What is fiction?
What is the main idea?
Deep sea diving requires heavy equipment. The helmet alone weighs 60 pounds. The belt is weighted, as are the shoes. The diver wears a rubberized suit and carries a knife. Deep sea divers do rescue work and repair broken cables under water.
Deep sea divers need special equipment
What does the word competition mean in this sentence?
She was sure she could beat him in the competition, this time she would win.
a challenge or contest where people compete
To teach or give information to the reader.
What is inform?
A pair of words that mean the same.
What is synonyms?
Writing that is about facts or real events.
What is non-fiction?
What is the main idea?
Africa has many kinds of animals. The jungle is the home for gorillas, chimpanzees, and others of the primate family. I the grasslands, there are elephant herds. In the plains are lions, giraffes, zebras, and antelopes.
Africa is the home of many types of animals.
What does earn mean in this sentence?
She worked hard on her choirs and earned money for doing them.
to get or obtain
The story of a real person's life written by another person.
What is biography?
A pair of words that are opposite.
What is an antonym?
A piece of writing that tells a story and is performed on stage.
What is drama?
What is the main idea?
Did you know there are two types of pandas? Both types of pandas live in the high mountain forests of Asia. The better known of the two is the giant panda. The giant panda has a white coat with black legs and ears. The smaller panda looks like a cat and weighs about 10 pounds.
There are two different types of pandas.
What does the word squint mean in this sentence.
The sun was so bright she had to squint to see the trail ahead.
look with one or both eyes partly closed
A biography written by the person it is about.
What is autobiography?
Word part added to the end of a root word and changes the meaning.
What is a suffix?
Stories about how people and societies are affected by imaginary scientific developments in the future.
What is science fiction?
The hamster is an ideal pet. This tiny animal is related to the mouse and rat. A hamster weighs about one quarter of a pound and is about five to six inches long. Hamsters are clean. They can live in a small cage or pen. They eat vegetable scraps and grain.
The hamster is a popular pet.
What is a synonym for ruthlessness?
possible answers:
atrocity, brutality, callousness, cruelty, savagery, viciousness, ferocity, heartlessness, maliciousness, violent
The central idea or main point of the passage.
What is main idea?
A word part added to the beginning of a root word and changes the meaning.
What is a prefix?
A short story that usually is about animals and is intended to teach a lesson.
What is a fable?
One of the best-known cartoonists in the world was Walt Disney. As a boy, Disney liked to draw. He moved to Hollywood and there he made cartoons. He was responsible for creating the characters of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Pluto the dog, and others.
Disney made many well-known cartoon characters.
What is the antonym for opposition?
possible answers: agreement, harmony, liking, peace, compatibility, team, teammates, work together
Texts that provides instructions on how to do something.
What is procedural text?
A word that is written in darker letters than the rest of the word.
What is a bold print?