Vocab/Context Clues
She was reluctant to give her speech in front of the whole class.
What is unwilling or hesitant?
What is the purpose of a cause and effect structure?
What is to show how one event leads to another?
A sentence that states the main idea or sets the stage for the reader
What is a thesis statement?
The central message, lesson or moral of the story
What is theme?
What the text is mostly about
What is the main idea?
He was so hungry that he devoured the cake!
What is?
a. Ignored
b. Ate
c. Created
d. Destroyed
Which is a signal word for compare and contrast?
What is a. Because b. However c. First d. Next
Which one is correct?
They goes to school.
They go to school.
What is they go to school?
The most exciting or intense part of the story
What is the climax?
B. They go to school.
What is B. They go to school?
The moon began to emerge from behind the clouds.
What is to come into view or appear?
What text structure is used when giving steps to follow a recipe?
What is chronological order?
What text structure would use however?
What is Compare and contrast?
The main character in a story
Who is the protagonist?
Check the author's qualifications, evidence and publication date
How do you determine if a source is credible?
What does the prefix "pre" mean in the word preview?
What is before?
What structure is used in a text that presents a problem and a way to solve it?
What is Problem and Solution?
A sentence structure where the subject performs the action of the verb
What is active voice?
A struggle within a characters mind
What is internal conflict?
To convince the reader to agree with you
What is the purpose of a persuasive text?
She kept meticulous notes during the experiment.
What is very careful and precise or neat?
What signal word might indicate a cause and effect structure? a. Finally b. Next c. As a result
What is c. As a result
The purpose of a concluding paragraph.
The narrator knows all the thoughts and feelings of a character
What is 3rd person omniscient?
An opposing viewpoint to the writer's argument
What is a counterargument?