Reading
This is often found in the topic sentence and restated in the conclusion.
What is the main idea?
'Determination' is an example of this kind of word.
What is a noun?
‘Raining cats and dogs’ to mean 'raining heavily' is an example of this.
What is an idiom?
This punctuation mark is used along with one of the FANBOYS to join two independent clauses.
What is a comma?
,
This describes a triangle with equal sides and equal angles.
What is an equilateral triangle?
These help you determine the meaning of unfamiliar words in a passage.
What are context clues?
These kinds of words can often be mimed and are the predicates in sentences.
What are verbs?
'The sun was smiling’ is an example of this.
What is personification?
These are the only punctuation marks that can complete a sentence.
What are a period, a question mark and an exclamation point?
. ? !
This type of triangle has two equal legs.
What is an isosceles triangle?
These are the three main purposes of an informational text.
What are to describe, to explain and to persuade?
In "the children were excited." the bolded word is an example of these kinds of words.
What are adjectives?
'The snow is like a white blanket' is an example of this kind of comparison.
What is a simile?
This punctuation can join two closely related independent clauses.
What is a semi-colon?
;
This describes an angle less than 90 degrees.
What is an acute angle?
This is a conclusion you make, based on what is implied, but not stated directly in a passage.
What is an inference?
There are only three of these in English; one is definite the others are indefinite.
What are articles?
‘Dunkin’s has the world’s best coffee’ is an example of this.
What is hyperbole?
This kind of grammatical error occurs when two independent clauses are joined by a comma without a coordinating conjunction.
What is a comma splice error?
This is the longest side of a triangle.
What is the hypotenuse?
TThese are words that can help you identify the text structure (e.g. compare/contrast, chronological, etc.)
What are signal words?
'However', 'otherwise', 'sometimes' and 'very' are examples of these kinds of words.
What are adverbs?
‘Crunch’, ‘buzz’ and ‘fizz’ are examples of this.
What is onomatopoeia?
This type of punctuation can sometimes follow a final punctuation mark.
What are parenthesis?
This kind of triangle has three sides, each with a different length.
What is a scalene triange?