Reading Comprehension
What is the main idea of a passage?
What is the most important point the author is making?
The leaves danced in the wind.” What device is used here?
What is personification?
What is a complete sentence made of?
What is a subject and a predicate (verb)?
What is a topic sentence?
What is the sentence that introduces the main idea of a paragraph?
What does “curious” mean?
What is wanting to know more?
What is the difference between a summary and a paraphrase?
What is a summary includes only the main points, and a paraphrase rewrites the text in your own words?
A comparison using “like” or “as” is called what?
What is a simile?
Which punctuation is used to show strong emotion?
What is an exclamation point?
What is the purpose of a concluding paragraph?
What is to restate the main idea and leave a final thought?
What is a synonym for “brave”?
What is courageous or fearless?
What is point of view, and how does it affect the story?
What is the perspective from which the story is told, and it affects how the reader understands characters and events?
What is a metaphor?
What is a comparison that does NOT use “like” or “as”?
Fix this sentence: “my dog is funny he loves socks”
What is “My dog is funny. He loves socks.” or “My dog is funny; he loves socks.”?
What type of writing is meant to convince the reader?
What type of writing is meant to convince the reader?
What is the antonym of “generous”?
What is selfish?
What does it mean to make an inference while reading?
What is using clues from the text and your own thinking to figure something out?
What is foreshadowing?
What is a hint about what will happen later in the story?
What is a compound sentence?
What is two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction?
Name one transition word used in informational writing.
What is “for example,” “in addition,” “however,” etc.?
What are context clues?
What are hints in a sentence that help define a word?
What is theme, and how is it different from the main idea?
What is the lesson or message of the story, while the main idea is what the story is mostly about?
Why do authors use figurative language?
What is to create vivid images or emotions in the reader’s mind?
Identify the proper noun: “My aunt lives in Flagstaff.”
What is Flagstaff?
What does it mean to revise a piece of writing?
What is to improve ideas, clarity, and organization—not just fix grammar?
What does the root word “tele” mean (as in “telephone” or “television”)?
What is “far” or “distant”?