5th Grade Reading Review

5th grade (grade 5) elementary classrooms · Easy · 15-20 min

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This board helps players review English / ELA · Reading · 5th grade (grade 5) elementary through a Jeopardy-style game format on Kleveroo. It includes categories such as Fiction Skills, Informational Text, Figurative Language, Grammar, Writing & Evidence. It is useful for classroom review, team trivia, family game night, test prep, and group play.

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  • Fiction Skills

    What is the main character called?

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    Protagonist

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  • Informational Text

    What text structure gives steps in time order?

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    Sequence

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  • Figurative Language

    What comparison uses like or as?

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    Simile

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  • Grammar

    What joins two independent clauses with a comma?

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    Coordinating conjunction

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  • Writing & Evidence

    What is a writer's position on a topic called?

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    Claim

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Fiction Skills

$100What is the main character called?
Protagonist
$200What is the force working against the main character called?
Antagonist
$300What is a character's reason for behaving a certain way?
Motivation
$400What is the lesson or message of a text called?
Theme
$500What is a character who changes during the story called?
Dynamic character

Informational Text

$100What text structure gives steps in time order?
Sequence
$200What text structure explains a problem and possible fixes?
Problem and solution
$300What text feature lists chapters and page numbers?
Table of contents
$400What text feature labels parts of a picture?
Diagram
$500What text structure explains similarities and differences?
Compare and contrast

Figurative Language

$100What comparison uses like or as?
Simile
$200What comparison says one thing is another?
Metaphor
$300What gives human traits to nonhuman things?
Personification
$400What is an extreme exaggeration?
Hyperbole
$500What phrase means something different from its literal words?
Idiom

Grammar

$100What joins two independent clauses with a comma?
Coordinating conjunction
$200What is a sentence with two independent clauses called?
Compound sentence
$300What word replaces a noun?
Pronoun
$400What is the correct term for a verb's time?
Tense
$500What punctuation often introduces a list?
Colon

Writing & Evidence

$100What is a writer's position on a topic called?
Claim
$200What supports a claim with proof from a text?
Evidence
$300What explains how evidence supports a claim?
Reasoning
$400What sentence wraps up a paragraph's idea?
Concluding sentence
$500What is giving credit to a source called?
Citation

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