Information in a paragraph that can help you understand the words you don't know.
What is a context clue?
100
Examine information in order to show the similarities between two or more thoughts or ideas.
What is compare?
100
The literal, dictionary meaning of a word.
What is denotative?
100
Words and phrases that are considered very informal and are generally used by one age group or other specific group of people.
What is slang?
100
Punctuate this sentence correctly: Yes the spurs won
What is: Yes, the Spurs won! or Yes, the Spurs won.
200
A word or word part added at the beginning of a word to change its meaning.
What is a prefix?
200
Examine information in order to show the differences between two or more thoughts or ideas.
What is contrast?
200
A comparison using "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
200
One of the most important steps of writing where you take note of the errors you make and correct them.
What is proofreading?
200
A punctuation mark used for some compound words that include numbers, fractions, prefixes, and suffixes. Examples: Mid-April, president-elect, forty-four.
What is a hyphen?
300
A word or word part added at the end of a word that changes its meaning.
What is a suffix?
300
When and where a story takes place.
What is the setting?
300
The associations that are connected to a certain word or the emotional suggestions related to that word.
What is connotative?
300
Names of specific people, places, organizations, and sometimes things.
What are proper nouns?
300
To make the possessive form of nouns, to make contractions, and to indicate plurals of letters, numbers, and symbols.
What are the uses of the apostrophe?
400
A reference book that has an alphabetical list of words and their synonyms.
What is a thesaurus?
400
The sequence of events in a story.
What is the plot?
400
When the writer places events int he order in which they occur.
What is chronological order or sequence?
400
An important step of the writing process that occurs after you have completed a rough draft of your paper to fine tune your writing and to catch any errors you may have missed.
What is revising? (or reviewing)
400
The correct punctuation for this sentence:
Its ink was running out.
or
Its' ink was running out.
What is: Its ink was running out.
500
Bits of information that explain or describe the main idea of a passage.
What are supporting details?
500
The central problem of a story.
What is the conflict?
500
Evidence-based guesses.
What are inferences?
500
Three of the five purposes for writing.
What are describe, inform, persuade, narrate, and entertain?
500
The correct use of singular nouns connected by "or" or "nor":
1. Neither the hiker nor the mountaineer need a reason.
2. Neither the hiker nor the mountaineer needs a reason.
What is: Neither the hiker nor the mountaineer needs a reason.