Text Structures
Central Idea
Rhetoric
Vocabulary
Misc.
100

One of the old Hollywood superstars is Audrey Hepburn. This beautiful Belgian-born British actress has also devoted her life and money to humanitarian work and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She was a ballet dancer in her youth.

What is Descriptive?

100

These support the central idea.

What are supporting details?
100

This form of rhetoric appeals to logical thinking. 


(Ethos, logos, or pathos?)

What is logos?

100

What is the antonym of complex?

Simple

100

Malala was the youngest person to ever win this prize.

What is the Nobel Peace Prize?

200

Pneumonia is a serious illness affecting the lungs and breathing process. The cause of pneumonia are viruses, bacteria, and fungi. Also, Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) is the common cause of pneumonia speed in the United States.

What is Cause and Effect?

200

Readers can often figure out the central idea of a story just based on this.

What is a title?

200

This form of rhetoric appeals to emotions.

(Ethos, logos, or pathos?)

What is pathos?

200

What does "having a grudge on someone" mean? 

To be angry with someone

200

This is how many days are in a leap year.

What is 366?

300

The lifestyles of urban and rural people differ in many ways. The rural people are exposed to cleaner air and water while the urban people spend most of their time in traffic and polluted unhealthy air. There are many modern buildings in cities where’s villages have more natural beautiful attractions.

What is Compare and Contrast?

300

This is the general subject of a text.

What is the topic?

300

This form of rhetoric appeals to credibility.

(Ethos, logos, or pathos?)

What is ethos?

300

Fully and clearly expressed; leaving nothing implied

What is explicit?

300
These are the undercover names John B and Sarah go by in Outer Banks.

What is Vlad and Val?

400

Building the great wall of China goes back to the Qin Dynasty period (221_206 BC). During the Ham Dynasty period, the new fragments of the wall were added in 206 BC_ 220 AD. The Great Wall of China was completed during the Mig Dynasty period in 1644.

What is Chronological Order?

400

You should try to view the central idea and supporting details as this part of a building. 

What is the roof?

400

The rhetorical appeal being used below:

There's no price that can be placed on peace of mind. Our advanced security systems will protect the well-being of your family so that you can sleep soundly at night.

What is pathos?

400

What is a synonym for modalities?

Techniques

400

There are two possible explanations for Stonehenge. Give me one. 

What are religious ceremonies/burials?

or 

What is a way to track the seasons?

500

You should mix the dry ingredients including flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and espresso powder by a paddle attachment to make a delicious chocolate cake. Then, you should add the other ingredients including milk, vegetable oil, eggs, and vanilla to the flour mixture. In the end, add boiling water to bake the cake for 30-35 minutes.

What is sequential order?

500

What is the central idea of the following paragraph:

The Erie Canal changed the way people moved goods in the 1800’s. The 363-mile canal connected Albany, New York to Lake Erie in Buffalo for the first time. When the canal opened in 1825, building supplies and goods could be transported quickly and cheaply across New York State. Canal boats pulled by miles carries people and supplies across New York.

What is The Erie Canal changed the way people moved goods in the 1800’s?

500

The type of rhetorical appeal being used below:

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury: We have not only the fingerprints, the lack of an alibi, a clear motive, and an expressed desire to commit the robbery, but we also have video of the suspect breaking in. The case could not be more open and shut.

What is logos?

500

What is a fallacy?

A misleading argument that appeals logical, but contains an error in reasoning.

500

This is how many clay figures archaeologists estimate are apart of the terra-cotta army. 

What is 8,000?