Vocabulary
Theme vs. Central Idea
Text Structures & Features
Figurative Language & Punctuation
Wild Card
100
This word is the opposite of poverty.
What is prosperity?
100
This term means "The most important idea communicated in a text."
What is Central Idea?
100
This text structure presents events in the order they occurred in time
What is chronological order?
100
This type of figurative language involves making comparisons between two things.
What is simile (like/as) or metaphor?
100
This word means more than two.
What is several?
200
This word can mean winning, but also means taking over something after someone else.
What is succeed (present tense), or succeeded (past tense)
200
This term means "the message of a work of literature, often expressed as a general statement about life"
What is theme?
200
This text structure presents a problem as well as ways to potentially solve it.
What is Problem and Solution?
200
This type of figurative language involves giving human traits to nonhuman entities.
What is personification?
200
Sophia was able to _____ that her friend was having a bad day just from reading her body language as they walked together to class.
What is infer?
300
This word means an educated guess that one can make from clues in a text.
What is an inference?
300
The Tortoise and the Hare, a story about a tortoise who wins a race against a much faster Hare, develops this theme.
What is slow and steady wins the race?
300
This chart shows examples of :_____________
What are text features?
300
This type of punctuation comes at the end of a clause, especially if the following clause or sentence is related to it.
What is a semicolon?
300
This is the meaning of came under fire in the following passage:
She repeatedly came under fire in Italy as she traveled through areas of intense fighting.
What is "was shot at?"
400
This part of speech modifies a verb and often ends with the suffix -ly
What is an adverb?
400
This is the central idea of Hatshepsut: His Majesty Herself.
What is Hatshepsut was the most well known female pharaoh in Egypt. She gradually assumed the role of pharaoh first as a regent to her nephew, then as pharaoh. She sometimes used male pronouns and ruled relatively peacefully, constructing a great temple as a sign of her influence.
400
This is how the following photo and caption contribute to a reader's understanding of Burrowing owls.
What is providing information on the diet of Burrowing Owls, and showing us an example of one of their meals.
400
This type of punctuation if often used when a character trails off and doesn't finish their sentence. However it can also be used to great effect to extend, slow down a thought, or build suspense for the conclusion of a sentence.
What are ellipses?
400
This is the part of speech that threshold takes in the following passage:
As soon as his eyes could bear the light he went home, but fainted on the threshold.
What is a noun?
500
This is the definition of disclose as it is used in the following passage:
The office worker would not disclose his salary to his coworkers.
What is to reveal or make public information.
500
How does the following picture contribute to the theme of "overconfidence and arrogance (pride) can cause someone to underestimate their opponent" in The Tortoise and the Hare?
What is it draws attention to the Hare gossiping about the tortoise before the race.
500
This transitional adverb means "as a consequence of" and is often used relating to cause and effect
What is consequently?
500
This type of punctuation is often used when there is an extra detail about something in a paragraph that is nonessential, supplemental, or tangential information. It encases the extra or supplemental information.
What are parentheses?
500
Similar to a central idea, this essay-related term is defined as:
"a short statement, usually one sentence, that summarizes the main point or claim of an essay, research paper, etc., and is developed, supported, and explained in the text by means of examples and evidence."
What is a thesis statement?