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What are context clues?
Things that are hard to read .
All of the above
Not understanding what they are trying to say in context
Hints that a author uses to help define a difficult word.
2
the definition of opinion is
A view or judgement formed about something
a judgement not about something
3
Which book is non-fiction
The lonely city
Silent spring
The prince
In cold blood
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What is the definition of "Making predictions"?
A strategy in which readers use info from a text (pictures)
a str that dosent help but it can
Not a strategy
5
What is self questioning ?
The process of not asking questions
Not knowing valuable information
The ongoing process of asking questions before/during/after
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What is comparing?
Similarities
Differences
Estimate measure or note, the similarity or dissimularity
All of the above
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What is a simile
A figure of speech not involving the comparison of one thing
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing
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What is a metaphor
Not a figure of speech in which a word/phrase is applied
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied
Both of the above
Neither
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What are multiple meaning words?
Homonyms
All of the above
Words that are different
None of the above
10
What is organizational structure
How activities are directed toward the achievement of aims.
Activities directed through organizational aims.
All of the above
11
Why do we read directions
Because the chicken told us to
So we can understand the passage and give reasonable answers
Because the chicken didn't tell us to
12
What is effect ?
something that stays the same even throughout an action
a change that is a result or consequence of an action.
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Is identity a set of personal and behavioral characteristics?
No
Maybe
Sure, why not
Yes
14
What is characterization?
All of the above
the creation or construction of a fictional character.
the creation or construction of a fictional character.
the creation or construction of a fictional character.
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What is another word for informational?
Something
Expository
Argumentative
Info
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What is figurative language
Something
Words or expressions that are different from literal views
Words that aren't different from literal views
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what is a idiom
all of the above
A group of words established by usage as having a meaning
A group of people established by popularity
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What are sensory words?
They describe how we do not expierence the world
they describe how we expierence the world
all of the above
I don't know
19
What is personification
Figurative language
hyperbole
All of the above
When something that isn human is given human characteristics
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What are antonyms?
A word the same in meaning
a word opposite in meaning to another.
A sentence opposite in meaning to another
21
Symbolism is the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.....
True
False
22
What is relating background knowledge
not valuable information
Valuable but not essiential information
Essiential info to understanding a situation or problem
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What is fantasy
State of matter of Of imagining things
Not imaging thingS. Things that are true
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What is Contrasting
Similarities
Compare in such a way as to emphasize differences
Close things
25
What are characters
A person in person
Somebody who plays to see people
a person in a novel, play, or movie.
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Which book is fiction
The shack
A man called ove
Dune
Big little lies
27
What are some text features
Nouns, verbs, adverbs, pronouns
I dont know
Table of contents, index,glossary,headings, and bold words
28
What are supported details?
Additional details that support the topic sentence.
The minimum amount of details
The maximum amount of details
29
A thing that is or likely to be wrongly perceived or interpreted by the senses is what????????
Imagery
Illusion
Idiom
simile
30
What are themes?
Central topic
All of the above topics
Lowest topic
Main topic
31
What is a climax?
All of the above
The least intense part of something.
the most intense, exciting, or important point of something
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What is a cause?
A phenomenon
a person or thing that gives rise to an action or phenomenon
A person
33
What does "Think first mean"
Take your time when reading and think
Rush through the article and don't try
To read over and over again , to fully understand everything
34
What is persuasion?
A literary tecnique
Literary technique that writers use to present their opinion
35
What are facts?
A thing that isn't indisputably the case
A thing that is indisputably the case
36
What is sequencing?
Arrange in a particular order
Arrange in any order
write down information and read it in an order
37
Adage is not a proverb or short statement expressing a general truth?
False
True
38
What is authors purpose?
To entertain
To inform
To persuade
Persuade, Inform, and Entertain are the authors purpose(PIE)
39
What is summarizing?
give a brief statement of the main points of (something).
Give a long statement of the main points of things.
40
What are plots
All of the above
A time where events are taken place at
A strand of the main plot
41
Do argumentative essays persuade people to be on their side, with factual information?
No
Yes
42
Main ideas are........
The most important or central thought of a paragraph.
The least important part
43
What is a hyperbole
Non exaggerated statements
Exaggerated statements
Claims not meant to be taken literally
44
What is a setting?
The place where something is placed at the moment
the place or type of surroundings where something is taken
45
What is problem solving?
The process Of finding nemo
The process of finding solutions to difficult/ complex stuff
The process of finding easy answers
46
Define Vocabulary
Short things
Words known to an individual person
Words used in Spanish
The body of words used in a particular language
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Why do we strike through and highlight things?
To do it for fun
So we can tell the difference
To eliminate answers that would not be correct
48
imagery is..........
Visually descripted or figurative language
Not visually descriptor but is figurative language
49
What is drawing Conclusions
Understanding things that are estimated
Using information that is implied of infered to make meaning
50
What are genres?
Middle composition
Fun composition
Artistic composition
Out of the world
51
What is " process of elimination"
a method to identify any interests among several things
Not a method but it can identify interests amoung many
52
What is reality?
Things that are last
Things that actually exist and are true
53
What is inferencing
An idea that is drawn from only reasoning
An idea that is drawn from only evidence
An idea that is drawn from evidence and reasoning.
54
Points of views are......
Both and neither
different things that people over exaggerate
the narrator's position in relation to the story being told
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What are synonyms?
Words that are different
Synonyms are words that are similar.
