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Vocabulary
Reading Comprehension
Literary Text
Non Fiction Text
Making Connections
100
The main part of a word.
What is a root word?
100
Retelling the main details, points, or events in your own words.
What is paraphrase?
100
Exposition, Conflict, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
What are plot elements?
100
To persuade, inform, entertain, explain or describe.
What is author's purpose?
100
he, she, or they
What are pronouns used in a third person narrative?
200
Words that help you figure out the meaning of unfamiliar words.
What is context clues?
200
A brief retelling of the main details, points, or events in a passage.
What is summary?
200
First person, Second person, Third person
What is point of view?
200
Convincing a reader to do something because everyone else is doing it.
What is bandwagon appeal?
200
One describes many types of made-up stories and the other describes stories that share facts and information about the real world.
What are the differences between fiction and non-fiction?
300
This resource tells you the meaning of a word, how to pronounce it, and its part of speech.
What is a dictionary?
300
An educated guess based on your personal experience and knowledge and on clues.
What is an inference?
300
A type of language that means exactly what it says and a type of language that does not mean what it says.
What is literal and figurative language?
300
The ways an author may organize information in a story.
What are cause and effect, compare and contrast, problem and solution, sequence (chronological order), and proposition and support?
300
Text to Self Text to World Text to Media
What are ways to make personal connections with a story?
400
flimsy - weak gorgeous - stunning conflict - problem compare - similarities contrast - differences
What are synonyms?
400
The most important idea in the text and the facts or details that describes, explains, or strengthens it.
What are main idea and supporting details?
400
"Dem boys comin' after ya'll!"
What is an example of dialect?
400
Quotations from people that recommend a person, product, service, or thing.
What is testimonials?
400
Read the next two selections. Then choose the best answer to each question.
What are instructions for reading a paired text?
500
Types of context clues
What are synonyms, antonyms, word parts, examples, and definitions (explanations).
500
Somebody Wanted Something But So Then Who, What, When, Where and Why Beginning Middle and End
What are strategies used to summarize a text?
500
Don't put off for tomorrow what you can do today. Perservere
What is theme and topic?
500
A statement or argument that is not supported with facts or good examples.
What is faulty reasoning?
500
A type of autobiography that usually focuses on one part of the writer's life?
What is a memoir?