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Topic 1 Question for 5 Points What does antonym mean? Show Answer

Topic 1 Answer for 5 Points opposite Back to Board

Topic 1 Question for 10 Points What does synonym mean? Show Answer

Same, or almost the same thing Topic 1 Answer for 10 Points Same, or almost the same thing Back to Board

What are words that sound alike, but have different meanings? Topic 1 Question for 15 Points What are words that sound alike, but have different meanings? Show Answer

Homophones or homonyms Topic 1 Answer for 15 Points Homophones or homonyms Back to Board

Topic 1 Question for 20 Points What are words that are spelled alike, but have different meanings and sometimes pronunciations? Show Answer

Topic 1 Answer for 20 Points homographs Back to Board

How do you use context clues? Topic 1 Question for 25 Points How do you use context clues? Show Answer

Topic 1 Answer for 25 Points Use the words or sentences around an unknown word to help you figure out its meaning. Back to Board

Topic 2 Question for 5 Points What is the title, or name of part of the reading, in a nonfiction selection called? Show Answer

Topic 2 Answer for 5 Points Heading or subheading Back to Board

What is usually the purpose for reading nonfiction textbooks? Topic 2 Question for 10 Points What is usually the purpose for reading nonfiction textbooks? Show Answer

Topic 2 Answer for 10 Points To get information Back to Board

Topic 2 Question for 15 Points In the sentence, “The tires had better traction, or grip.” Which word helps define traction? Grip Sneakers Lighter soles Show Answer

Topic 2 Answer for 15 Points grip Back to Board

Topic 2 Question for 20 Points In which of the following chapters would you find information on when a camera was invented? The Mechanics of the Camera The Origin of the Camera Camera Techniques Advanced Techniques Show Answer

b. The Origin of the Camera Topic 2 Answer for 20 Points b. The Origin of the Camera Back to Board

What are you including in summary of a nonfiction selection? Topic 2 Question for 25 Points What are you including in summary of a nonfiction selection? Show Answer

The main ideas and most important facts Topic 2 Answer for 25 Points The main ideas and most important facts Back to Board

Topic 3 Question for 5 Points What are you describing if you are telling the time period and where a story takes place? Show Answer

Topic 3 Answer for 5 Points setting Back to Board

Topic 3 Question for 10 Points What are you describing if you say that someone in the story is responsible? Show Answer

A character trait or characteristic Topic 3 Answer for 10 Points A character trait or characteristic Back to Board

What do you call what happens in a story? Topic 3 Question for 15 Points What do you call what happens in a story? Show Answer

Topic 3 Answer for 15 Points The plot Back to Board

What describes the author’s lesson or message? Topic 3 Question for 20 Points What describes the author’s lesson or message? Show Answer

Topic 3 Answer for 20 Points The theme of the story Back to Board

Topic 3 Question for 25 Points What do we call language that is not taken literally to create a picture in a reader’s mind? Show Answer

Topic 3 Answer for 25 Points Figurative language Back to Board

Comparing two things using like or as Topic 4 Question for 5 Points Comparing two things using like or as Show Answer

Topic 4 Answer for 5 Points simile Back to Board

Comparing two unlike things Topic 4 Question for 10 Points Comparing two unlike things Show Answer

Topic 4 Answer for 10 Points metaphor Back to Board

Giving human qualities to nonhuman things Topic 4 Question for 15 Points Giving human qualities to nonhuman things Show Answer

Topic 4 Answer for 15 Points personification Back to Board

What type of figurative language is this? Topic 4 Question for 20 Points What type of figurative language is this? The bookshelf held the books proudly in a warm embrace. Show Answer

Topic 4 Answer for 20 Points personification Back to Board

What type of figurative language is this? Topic 4 Question for 25 Points What type of figurative language is this? The man was a rock, solid and strong. Show Answer

Topic 4 Answer for 25 Points metaphor Back to Board

What are you doing if you’re guessing what will come next in a story? Topic 5 Question for 5 Points What are you doing if you’re guessing what will come next in a story? Show Answer

Topic 5 Answer for 5 Points Making a prediction Back to Board

Topic 5 Question for 10 Points What are you doing if you are thinking about how texts are alike and different? Show Answer

Comparing and contrasting Topic 5 Answer for 10 Points Comparing and contrasting Back to Board

Topic 5 Question for 15 Points What are you determining if you are thinking about what the text is mainly about? Show Answer

The main or central idea Topic 5 Answer for 15 Points The main or central idea Back to Board

Topic 5 Question for 20 Points What are you doing if you are using story clues and background knowledge to make a good guess about something? Show Answer

Topic 5 Answer for 20 Points Making an inference Back to Board

What are the purposes for reading? Topic 5 Question for 25 Points What are the purposes for reading? Show Answer

Topic 5 Answer for 25 Points Persuade Inform Entertain Back to Board

The "Big Points" Question Show Question

What should you include in a summary of a fictional narrative? 25 10 9 11 12 14 13 8 7 3 2 4 5 15 6 1 17 26 24 27 28 30 29 16 23 18 22 19 20 21 “Big Points” Question What should you include in a summary of a fictional narrative? Show Answer

Big Points Answer for Big Points Include the characters, setting, problem, solution and main events in sequential order. Back to Board

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