Reading
Writing
Grammar
Vocabulary
Arguments and Claims
100

We usually use this annotation strategy when reading a text.

What is the NCULR reading strategy?

100

This is a prewriting strategy used to help us organize our ideas and provide evidence from the text.

That is the RACE strategy?

100

This type of language is used to describe things using sensory details and exaggeration.

What is figurative language?

100

This word part is added to the beginning of the word and can be used to change the meaning.

What is a prefix?

100

All strong arguments are supported by these two things.

What are reasons and evidence?

200

In the fictional text, this element is described as the struggle between two or more characters.

What is conflict?

200

When writing a research paper, someone should be able to locate this by reading the last sentence of my first paragraph. 

What is the topic sentence?

200

This part of speech is used to describe how someone or something performs.

What is an adverb?

200

This word part is added to the end of the word and can be used to change the meaning.

What is a suffix?

200

In an argument, this is the author's position on the topic or issue.

What is a claim?

300

This type of conflict occurs between a character and a natural force.

What is man/character versus nature?

300

After writing a first draft of a paper and receiving feedback, this should be the next step before submission. 

What is revision?

300

Review the sentence below. 

My mother yelled down to me "I've already asked you three times to do the dishes!"

What form of punctuation is missing?

What is a comma?

300

This greek root word means "life."

What is bio?

300

A claim can be supported by these types of evidence or supporting details that can be proven through research or studies.

What are facts and opinions?

400

These elements of text can include pictures, headings, footnotes, and captions and are included to help the reader better understand the main idea.

What are text features?

400

This step in the RACE strategy is used to connect your citations to the answer you provided or make a connection to your life.

What is an explanation?

400

The part of speech missing from this sentence.


"Jumps higher."

What is a noun?

400

In the word "autograph" this word part means "to write or record."

What is "graph?"

400

This type of supporting detail in a claim can also be referred to as a testimony or short story.

What is an anecdote?

500

These two opponents in a literary story are referred to by these opposing root literary terms, subsequently meaning hero and villain.

What are protagonists and antagonists?

500

This English playwright and author's style is still used today in music and plays around the world.

Who is William Shakespeare?

500

This is the appropriate pronoun to use when addressing a group of people. Think about the second- person point of view.

What is "you?"

500

This type of poetry includes 14 lines and is organized in a specific rhyme scheme.

What is a sonnet?

500

When writing an argumentative essay or speech, this should always be stated in the last sentence of the first paragraph.

What is the claim?