What are title, headings, sub-headings,footnotes, glossary, bold words and index called?

Which text structure would be best for writing about a resort town in Hawaii?

Which text structure would be best suited to an article about the Civil War which includes dates and times?

Which text structure would be best for an article about the effects of pollution on sea animals?

Which word describes the author's feeling or perspective that comes across in his writing?

The __________ in a text are found in the paragraphs of a text and support the main idea of a paragraph.

The ______ of a text is the very broadest category that many articles could fit under.

True or False

Inferencing involves reading between the lines and following clues in order to come to a conclusion.

What is the term for a meaning that is found in context and is not stated explicitly?

What is the dictionary, literal definition of a word called?

An article that presents different ways to clean up the litter on beaches that are covered in trash would be which text structure?

What text structure would a self-help article about the steps to take in changing a flat tire be?

What are morphemes?

What are the types of morphemes? Click all that apply.

What is the difference between a syllable and a morpheme?

Example: Her nan do

What in the world is morphology?

What does F.A.S.T. stand for?

There are 5 achievement levels based on students F.A.S.T. scores. What are the 5 levels?

A level 3 on the ELA F.A.S.T. assessment is considered "passing". What must a 9th grade student score in order to "pass" the assessment?

A level 3 on the ELA F.A.S.T. assessment is considered "passing". What must a 10th grade student score in order to "pass" the assessment?

FAST assessments are administered three times during each school year: once at the beginning of the year (PM1), once in the middle of the year (PM2), and once at the end of the year (PM3). Which statement is true?

How many minutes will students get on PM3 assessment?

The F.A.S.T. has 3 reading reporting categories. What are they?

True or False: The F.A.S.T. achievement levels for each reporting category is : *Above the Standard

*At/Near the Standard

*Below the Standard

"Excuse me. How many questions are on this test?" How would you correctly answer this question?

Which reporting category has the highest percentage of questions on the F.A.S.T. assessments at 35-50% of the test?

Millions of people _____ to be professional athletes, but only a few will succeed.

Many people are neither a Democrat nor a Republican; they aren't ______ with any political party.

There was no ______ on whether or not we wanted some snow days; we all agreed they were a great idea!

Becoming a superstar can be _______, but it can also bring with it a whole new set of problems in life, such as having no privacy.

Most kids believe they know better than adults when it comes to what is good for them; however, they should ______ from thinking they know it all! :)

You don't have to be financially wealthy to be a _____ person. You just need to be helpful and kind to others in any way you can.

Dylan tried to create a(n) ______ so Mrs B and Mrs King wouldn't notice him sneaking out of class early.

Jean, a(n) _______, isn't sure if she believes in a higher power like God because the idea is too abstract for her.

It should be ______ for students and teachers to show at least thirty people a day some type of thoughtful kindness.

If you have a(n) _____ in the required eighteen points on your state test scores, you will not graduate!

Upon hearing the reports of a huge snowstorm, the superintendent _____ the school day so students could go home early.

When you're broke, you find that many things you thought were _______ aren't actually necessary at all.

When rain is inconsistent, you can use the _____ setting for your windshield wipers.

To _____her loneliness, my grandmother got a puppy.

Students are typically ______ about the value of preparing for the ELA II test, but the practice really does pay off.

Choose the four rhetorical devices that are most common:

Which rhetorical appeal is an emotional appeal?

Which rhetorical appeal use facts, statistics, and appeals to logic?

What type of argument appeals to the believability or credibility of the author? In other words, is the writer trustworthy?

What is a Universal Theme?

What are Perspective and Point of View in prose (story or narrative)?

Pick two answers.

Mark the correct answer:

Does all poetry have to have rhyming in it?

What do epic poems have in common?

Choose three

Which of the following are elements of prose?

(Remember prose is a story or narrative of something that happened.)

Check all the apply.

What does an author have to include in a text to have a valid claim or argument?

What type of writing in which each character is a symbol of something else, or represents something?

What is an epic hero?

Poems often include which of the following?

Choose three

What is the author's primary purpose in writing a story?

Which term describes the attitude a character has toward something?

Which word describes a reference to something that is included in a passage?

For example: John was like the Good Samaritan when he stopped to help the old man cross the street safely. (The Good Samaritan is a story in the Bible about a man who saved someone's life.)

Which rhetorical appeal refers to the timeliness of an argument?

Tristin couldn’t see the school building; it was shrouded by smoke and dust.”

What does the word shrouded mean?

Luis was adamant and insisted, "But Mom said she was preparing dinner tonight!"

The word that best defines adamant is-

Based on the context clues in the sentence below, ecstatic means:

They were ecstatic at the birth of their baby. They couldn't stop smiling for days.

Which is the correct meaning of the word spell in the sentence?

The man told us he needed to sit for a spell.

Typewriters became obsolete with the development of personal computers.

Based on context clues in the passage below, trifle means ______________.

Her cat was dying, and she worried about a trifle like her torn dress!

Sometimes studying for math tests feels futile, or useless, because my scores don't seem to get better.

What type of context clue is used to find the meaning of the underlined word?

I miss Mr. Fry. Our new principal is cranky and hard to talk to. Mr. Fry was so affable.

What type of context clue is used to find the meaning of the underlined word?

What type of context clue is used below?

I got in trouble for not telling the truth last night and Mom revoked all my privileges. Meaning, everything was taken away

Many species went extinct for unknown reasons so many types of animals are no longer found on earth.

What type of context clue is used in the sentence?

Metropolitan areas, such as Chicago and its suburbs, are inhabited by large numbers of people.

What type of context clue is used to find the meaning of the underlined word?

 Whenever I need some advice, I visit my sapient grandmother. She listens and helps me decide the right thing to do. I hope I can be as wise as she is someday.

What does the word sapient mean?

Taking umbrage at his classmate’s rude remarks, Sam stormed out of the room.

What does the word umbrage mean?

Citizens of the United States have certain unalienable rights. These are rights that cannot be taken away.

What does unalienable mean?

“The tuba is such a corpulent instrument. I wish you would consider playing something small and light, like the flute,” said my mom.

What does corpulent mean?

After pulling weeds for 5 hours on a scorching hot day in mid-July, Troy was feeling listless.

What does listeless mean?

When the kindergarten teacher split her students into two groups for the field trip, she assigned all of the docile students to the parent volunteer, and she kept the more challenging students for herself.

What does docile mean?

Everyone likes to be around Rey because of his blithe spirit. In fact, his cheerful attitude is rather contagious!

What does blithe mean?

Many citizens decided to boycott the supermarket because they didn’t agree with the owner’s racist comments. When a group boycotts, they stop doing something in order to protest. 

What does boycott mean?

No matter where you go, the internet is following you. Almost every portable device is being made with an internet connection. Most tvs and appliances come with internet capabilities as well. The internet is truly ubiquitous.

If something is ubiquitous, it is.......

Speaking rudely to the judges was rash behavior. You really hurt your chances of winning!

In context, rash means...

If you lower taxes so that people can keep more of the money that they earn, it will be an incentive for them to work harder.

What does incentive mean as used in context?

In the early 1600s, a dangerous trip across the Atlantic Ocean was a daunting idea. The Europeans, who would someday be known as the Pilgrims, must have been a very determined and brave group of settlers.

A daunting task is one that would ________ someone.

Saints and strangers argued about how they would live in the New World. After much discussion, they came together and signed the Mayflower Compact. (Compact is unfamiliar word)

Which type of context clues is being used in the sentence?

Fortunately, the explosion diverted the asteroid from a course that would have sent it hurdling into our planet.

To divert is to....