I am reading a story about a talking horse. Is the author trying to inform us, persuade us, or entertain us?
What is Entertain?
100
He's cool as a cucumber.
What is relaxed, calm, or not nervous?
100
What a story, an article, a poem, or a paragraph is mostly about.
What is a main idea?
100
Mini-dictionary at the end of a book in which each boldface word is defined.
What is a glossary?
100
A story about something that did not really happen.
What is fiction?
200
I am reading a book about lions. This book tells me many interesting facts about lions. What is this book doing? Is it informing us, persuading us, or entertaining us.
What is Informing us?
200
She is going to eat her words.
What is apologize or admit that you were wrong?
200
Pieces of information that tell more about the main idea.
What is a detail?
200
Names a whole book.
What is the title?
200
Gives facts about the real world and/or history.
What is nonfiction?
300
I am watching a commercial that is talking about my favorite candy bar. It says how great it tastes, and that it is the best candy bar to eat. Is this commercial persuading, entertaining, or informing me?
What is persuading?
300
Mr. Collins "got up on the wrong side of the bed."
What is a bad mood?
300
A guess about what will happen based on what has already happened in a story or article.
What is a prediction?
300
Dark type used to emphasize important words.
What is bold-face words?
300
Tells readers about something that happened in the past.
What is a flashback?
400
I am reading a book about the Colts. It tells me the facts about the team and the stats from all of their games. Is this book informing me, entertaining me, or persuading me?
What is informing?
400
I'm going to "go out on a limb" for you.
What is take a chance?
400
The similarities and differences in a piece of literature.
What is compare and contrast?
400
Lists all sections and/or chapters of a book in the order in which they occur and gives the page on which each starts.
What is the table of contents?
400
The attitude a writer takes toward an audience, a subject, or a character.
What is the tone?
500
I am reading Winn Dixie. Winn Dixie is a book that persuades, entertains, or informs us?
What is entertain
500
It cost me "an arm and a leg!"
What is expensive?
500
The point from which a story is told.
What is point of view?
500
Alphabetical list at the back of a book of important topics and ideas covered in the book and the pages on which they were presented.
What is an index?
500
A hint about something that will happen later in the story.