Books
What sports team does Ghost join?
Track team
What is the moral or lesson of a story called?
Theme
hich sentence is written correctly: "I want to go to the store," said Mom. OR "I want to go to the store" said Mom.
"I want to go to the store," said Mom.
Where would you look in a nonfiction book to find a list of chapters and the page numbers where they start?
Table of Contents
Who is the author of Ghost?
Jason Reynolds
When you make an educated guess about a story based on clues from the text and your own knowledge, what are you doing?
Making an inference
Which type of figurative language directly compares two things by saying one thing is another (e.g., "The classroom was a zoo")?
What do we call the specific facts, examples, or statistics an author uses to prove their main point?
Supporting details, Key Details
What is the name of the singer Sarai meets in Sarai Saves the Music?
Sparkles Sanchez
If a story is told by a narrator using the pronouns "I," "me," and "we," what point of view is being used?
First Person
What is the term for a word that has the opposite meaning of another word?
antonym
Which text structure explains why something happened and what occurred as a result?
Cause & effect
What historical event sparked the start of pride month being celebrated in June?
Stonewall Riots
Stories are broken into chapters or paragraphs. What are the rhythmic sections or groups of lines in a poem called?
Stanzas
What prefix that means before?
pre-
What nonfiction text feature is located at the back of a book and lists important words alphabetically with their definitions?
Glossary
Who wrote the poem A Negro Speaks of Rivers?
Langston Hughes
What part of the plot is considered the turning point or "peak action"?
Climax
Name the two comparative suffixes:
-est, -er
If an informational text includes dates, headings, and timelines, how is the text most likely organized?
Chronological