6th Grade Reading (Skills & Strategies)

Question 1

What is the most important idea of the topic?

Accepted Answer

main idea

Question 2

Reading the word and sentences around the _____ word is using context clues.

Accepted Answer

unknown

Question 3

________ are words that mean the opposite of one another.

Accepted Answer

antonyms

Question 4

A writer hinting at an event that will happen later in the story is called _______.

Accepted Answer

foreshadowing

Question 5

What is the first thing you should do if you don't understand a word with a suffix?

Accepted Answer

cover the suffix and look at the base word

Question 6

When you ________ and _________, you tell how two or more things are alike or different.

Accepted Answer

compare and contrast

Question 7

Creating pictures in your mind is known as what?

Accepted Answer

visualizing

Question 8

When a reader thinks what may happen next in a story, that is called _____.

Accepted Answer

predicting

Question 9

Words like not, however, but, and on the other hand signal what kind of words?

Accepted Answer

antonyms

Question 10

A ________ includes a problem, rising action, a climax, and a resolution.

Accepted Answer

plot

Question 11

Sometimes the _____ is given in a sentence

Accepted Answer

the main idea of the story

Question 12

Writing structure called _________ explains ideas, as in a nonfiction article.

Accepted Answer

cause-effect

Question 13

What is the meaning of destiny?

Accepted Answer

what you are meant to do in your life

Question 14

The setting can influence the behavior of ______ in the story.

Accepted Answer

characters

Question 15

Which are the graphic sources, or graphic aids?

Accepted Answer

all of these

Question 16

Writing structure called ________ tells the events in the order they happened.

Accepted Answer

sequence

Question 17

_________ tell more about the topic and are less important pieces of information.

Accepted Answer

supporting details

Question 18

What is the cause and effect?

Accepted Answer

what makes something happen and what happens

Question 19

Why should readers look for supporting details?

Accepted Answer

to help identify the main idea

Question 20

Statements of fact can be proven by

Accepted Answer

reading for detail

Question 21

What helps find the topic of a paragraph or section of reading?

Accepted Answer

key words

Question 22

Words that sound alike but have different meanings are called what?

Accepted Answer

homonyms

Question 23

Statements of fact can be proved by

Accepted Answer

reading for detail

Question 24

What does IDEAL mean: We can try to comprehend what would make up the ideal way of life.

Accepted Answer

perfect

Question 25

What does the prefix astr- mean in astronomy?

Accepted Answer

star

Question 26

"Literature is hard to understand." This sentence is ______.

Accepted Answer

an opinion

Question 27

When a writer goes back in time to tell about an earlier event it is called _______.

Accepted Answer

flashback

Question 28

When you form a reasonable opinion about what you have read, you have _____.

Accepted Answer

drawn a conclusion

Question 29

The _____ is the time and place in which a story occurs.

Accepted Answer

setting

Question 30

What two types of figurative language do authors use to compare one thing to another?

Accepted Answer

simile and metaphor

Question 31

If the author's purpose is to entertain, how would you read?

Accepted Answer

read faster

Question 32

What helps a reader find the main idea?

Accepted Answer

supporting details

Question 33

The ______ is what a paragraph is about and can usually be stated in a word or two.

Accepted Answer

topic, main idea

Question 34

When summarizing a comparison piece, focus on the main idea, rather than the _______.

Accepted Answer

supporting details

Question 35

A _____ is what makes something happens as the result of a ______.

Accepted Answer

Cause, Effect

Question 36

What do good readers do?

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 37

Word endings -ed or -ing are added to the end of ______.

Accepted Answer

verbs

Question 38

What does registered mean?

Accepted Answer

sign in

Question 39

What are fossils?

Accepted Answer

none of these

Question 40

What are clue words for sequencing?

Accepted Answer

because, so, due

6th Grade Reading (Skills & Strategies)

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6th Grade Reading (Skills & Strategies)

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