Reading Comprehension
This is the main point or central message of a passage.
What is the main idea?
This text structure explains how one event leads to another.
What is cause and effect?
"The wind howled through the trees" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is personification?
These words, such as "first," "next," and "finally," help connect ideas smoothly.
What are transition words?
The meaning of an unknown word can often be figured out using the sentences around it.
What are context clues?
This type of story element shows how a character grows or changes from the beginning to the end.
What is character development?
This type of text compares similarities and differences between two things.
What is compare and contrast?
This type of figurative language compares two things using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
This sentence is your attention-getter and is the first sentence of your essay. Examples include questions, surprising facts, quotes, onomatopoeia, or vivid stories.
What is a hook?
The prefix "un-" in "unhappy" changes the meaning of the word in this way.
What is "not" or "opposite of"?
This term describes the life lesson or moral of a fictional story.
What is the theme?
If a passage is written in time order, it uses this text structure.
What is chronological order?
"She is a walking dictionary" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is a metaphor?
The final paragraph of an essay wraps up the main points.
What is the conclusion?
The suffix "-less" in "fearless" means this.
What is "without"?
The author writes a passage to persuade, inform, or entertain. This is called the author's ____.
What is purpose?
Headings, captions, bold words, and charts are all examples of these.
What are text features?
This literary device gives readers hints or clues about what might happen next in a story.
What is foreshadowing?
When a writer checks for correct punctuation, grammar, and spelling, they are doing this.
What is editing?
This is a word that means the same as another word. It translates to mean "same name."
What is a synonym?
This is the term for specific details from the text that support an idea or answer a question. Hint: you need one example in each body paragraph.
What is text evidence?
A good answer always includes proof from the text. This type of writing strategy helps support your answer.
What is citing text evidence?
The overall feeling that a reader gets from a text is called this. Examples include calm, cheerful, or humorous.
What is mood?
Define what each letter stands for in "P.E.E.L" when writing body paragraphs.
What is point, evidence, explain, and link?
This is a word that has the opposite meaning of another word.
What is an antonym?