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What is the first step?
Read the passage
100
This genre is made up stories
Fiction
100
Why would an author write a poem?
To entertain
100
What does 'selection' mean?
Story or passage
100
What is a stanza?
It's a group of lines in a poem, like a paragraph
200
What should you do before you answer a question
Find evidence
200
This genre is teaching you all about something
Non fiction
200
Why would an author write a nonfiction passage?
To teach
200
Who is the 'speaker' of a poem?
The author
200
What is a caption?
A little sentence under a picture that tells more about it
300
What should you do if you are feeling really sleepy during the test?
Take a short break
300
This genre teaches you how to do something
How-to
300
Why would an author write a story?
To entertain
300
What does 'synonym' mean?
Words that mean the same
300
What is the theme of a story?
The message or life lesson that the author is trying to teach you
400
What should you do if you come to a word you don't know?
Look for clues to figure out what it means
400
This genre is a synonym for expository
Informational, nonfiction
400
Why would an author write a how-to?
To teach
400
What is a prefix?
A few letters that go at the beginning of a word
400
What does a good summary need to have?
The most important parts of the beginning, middle and end
500
Why is it important to take your time?
So that you don't make a mistake and so you can do your best work
500
This genre is an antonym for informational
Fiction
500
Why would an author write a persuasive passage?
To convince or persuade
500
What is a suffix?
A few letters that go at the end of the word
500
What does 'infer' mean?
To make a good guess based on clues in the passage