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Reading Comprehension Jeopardy

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Word Meanings

$200This adjective describes a person or statement that is brief and to the point.
$400This term refers to a state of calm, peaceful, and untroubled existence.
$600This verb means to make something less severe, serious, or painful.
$800This noun denotes a person who is excessively devoted to a specific cause or ideal.
$1000This word describes a deviation from the expected course or normal standard.

Figurative Language

$200This literary device uses the words like or as to compare two distinct things.
$400This figure of speech gives human qualities to non-human objects or animals.
$600This extreme exaggeration is used for emphasis rather than literal meaning.
$800This term refers to the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a sentence.
$1000This phrase describes an indirect reference to a historical, literary, or cultural figure.

Author's Purpose

$200This is the primary purpose when an author provides facts about the solar system.
$400This goal is intended when a story contains plot twists and relatable characters.
$600This is the objective when a writer presents arguments to change a reader's opinion.
$800This function involves explaining the step-by-step process of baking bread.
$1000This purpose is served when an author describes their personal grief in a memoir.

Textual Evidence

$200This type of evidence involves quoting specific lines directly from a passage.
$400This refers to the act of restating a passage in one's own words while keeping the original meaning.
$600This type of evidence requires the reader to use textual clues to draw a logical conclusion.
$800This is a brief account of the main points of a text.
$1000This method involves identifying the speaker's tone to support a character analysis.

Point of View

$200This point of view uses pronouns like I and me to narrate the story.
$400This perspective addresses the reader directly using the pronoun you.
$600This narrator knows the internal thoughts and feelings of only one character.
$800This narrator is an all-knowing observer of all characters in the story.
$1000This type of narration remains detached from characters' internal states, like a movie camera.

Text Structures

$200This structure organizes events in the sequence they occur.
$400This structure examines how one action leads to another outcome.
$600This structure highlights how two distinct items are similar or different.
$800This structure presents a difficulty and then offers a way to fix it.
$1000This structure describes an object or concept by its various features and aspects.