Vocabulary
an experienced person who gives someone else advice
What is Mentor?
is the most important idea or overall idea of the entire text
What is Central Idea?
The author’s goal is to make the reader happy, sad, or scared. What is the author’s primary purpose?
What is To Entertain?
a phrase or expression that has a different meaning from the literal, or actual, meaning of the words
What is an Idiom?
It is illegal to eat which food item with a fork in the state of Georgia?
What is Fried Chicken?
full of anger or energy; violent or intense
What is Furious?
gives more information about the text
What is supporting details?
The author's goal is to convince the reader to agree with the author. What is the author’s primary purpose?
What is To Persuade?
Which sentence below is the BEST example of an idiom?
What is The police department decided to ignore jaywalking because it had bigger fish to fry?
What is something that comes down, but can never go up?
What is Rain?
to try to do something, especially over a long period of time
What is Pursue?
BONUS:
Who was the second President of the U.S.?
Who is John Adams?
The author usually wishes to enlighten their readers about a real-world topic. What is the author’s primary purpose?
What is To Inform?
What is the meaning of the idiom shown in bold?
Marlena decided to throw caution to the wind and audition for the school play.
What is Marlena took a risk by auditioning?
BONUS:
Determine the author’s purpose for the description below.
An article that tells you how to assemble a bicycle
What is To Explain?
experiencing worry, unease, or nervousness, typically about an event
What is Anxious?
Which of the following statements would be the BEST supporting detail of the central idea below?
Dr. Elizabeth Loftus tells jury members about the factors that affect human memory.
What is Dr. Loftus testifies when eyewitness identification is the only or main evidence against the defendant?
The author wants to tell the reader how to do something or reveal to them how something works. What is the author’s primary purpose?
What is To Explain?
A strong argument contains credible, or believable, sources. Therefore, sources should be:
What is Reliable, Unbiased, and Current?
BONUS:
Determine the author’s purpose for the description below.
A timeline showing important events from the American Civil War
What is To Inform?
hopeful and confident about the future
What is Optimistic?
Which of the following choices would be the central idea of the text below?
Cases often rely on small details. An eyewitness to an airplane crash remembered the was plane heading right toward the ground. However, the airplane hit flat and at a low-enough angle to skid for almost 1,000 feet.
What is Remembering details accurately is crucial when witnesses give testimonies?
Determine the author’s purpose for the description below.
A book of over 1,000 knock-knock jokes
What is To Entertain?
An argumentative essay should have four components. What are those four components?
What is a Thesis Statement, Reasons, Evidence, Ending?
BONUS:
Determine the author’s purpose for the description below.
A speech written by a presidential candidate listing the reasons why you should vote for him
What is To Persuade?