Literacy Challenge

What is tone?

• feeling or attitude toward a text

• how a word makes you feel

• the reason for writing a passage

• details that appeal to the five senses

Which of the following is an example of personification?

• Her eyes shined bright like diamonds.

• The daisies danced in the wind.

• He is as tough as a rock.

• Bam! Pop! Boom!

Identify the pronoun in the sentence: "They are going to the park for a picnic."

• picnic

• park

• going

• they

Indicate the figurative language device used in the next sentence:

She was the most precious jewel I've ever known.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• imagery

Which research question would lead to the most information about techniques public schools can use to strengthen literacy at all grade levels?

• How do literacy programs in other countries compare to those in the United States?

• What is the average entrance exam score for students accepted to colleges?

• Does each private preparatory school provide free after-school tutoring?

• Which literacy improvement techniques have proven most effective with students?

Select the parts of a paragraph:

• Title

• Topic sentence

• Supporting sentences

• Main topic

• Concluding sentence

Mark the best topic sentence for this paragraph.

• Canada's president is Justin Trudeau.

• There are many reasons why Canada would be the best place to live in.

• Hello everyone. Canada is amazing.

• It seems to me that there are many places in the world that are better than Canada.

Mark the options that best describe the supporting sentences of a paragraph

• They come after the topic sentence, making up the body of the paragraph.

• One supporting sentence is enough.

• They include supporting facts, details and examples.

• They must develop the main topic of the paragraph.

• They are separated by commas

What is true about the concluding sentence?

• It's the last sentence of a paragraph.

• It can introduce a new idea.

• It restates the main idea of the paragraph and summarizes it.

• You can add an example of what you said here.

• A good connector to start it could be "Finally"

When all the sentences in a paragraph follow a logical order, a paragraph is considered to have ______________. This trait is definitely a characteristic of proper persuasive writing.

• Coherency

• Length

• Complexity

• Grammar