Syllables
This word has four syllables:in-her-it-ed
What is inherited?
The vowel sound in the word scene is this long vowel sound.
What is the long e sound?
This is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun in a sentence.
What is an appositive?
This strategy helps readers break long sentences into smaller parts to understand them.
What is unpacking dense sentences?
This punctuation mark shows excitement or strong feeling.
What is an exclamation point?
This word has four syllables: ge-ne-ti-cal-ly.
What is genetically?
In the word choice, the letters oi make this vowel sound.
What is the /oi/ / diphthong sound?
In the sentence My brother, a firefighter, works downtown, this is the appositive.
What is a firefighter?
When unpacking a sentence, readers often identify this first.
What is the main idea?
This type of word describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
The word education has this many syllables.
What is four?
In the word through, the letters ough make this vowel sound.
What is the long u sound?
In the sentence The dog, a golden retriever, ran across the yard, this word is being renamed.
What is the dog?
These two questions help identify the main action in a sentence.
What are who and what?
A story about a person’s real life written by that person is called this.
What is an autobiography?
The word responsibility has this many syllables.
What is six?
The letters ea in the word feature make this vowel sound.
What is the long e sound?
Appositives are often set off with these punctuation marks.
What are commas?
Breaking a long sentence into shorter ideas helps improve this reading skill.
What is comprehension?
This reading strategy means using clues in the text to figure out word meanings.
What are context clues?
This strategy helps readers break long academic words like communication into parts to read them correctly.
What is syllable division?
In the word foundation, the letters ou create this vowel sound.
What is the ow / ou sound?
In the sentence Dr. Smith, our new principal, greeted the students, this phrase is the appositive.
What is our new principal?
A common strategy for unpacking dense sentences is asking these five question words.
What are who, what, where, when, why, and how?
This figure of speech compares two things using like or as.
What is a simile?