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Reading Comprehension Strategies

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Practice key reading comprehension strategies for middle school: main idea, context clues, inference, text structure, and author’s purpose. Built for Grades 5-8. 25 ready-to-play clues, no prep needed. This is a Grades 5–8 English / ELA review game in a Jeopardy-style format: a teacher puts the board on one screen, teams pick clues by point value, and the class answers out loud — no student devices or accounts needed. Categories: Main Idea, Context Clues, Inference Skills, Text Structure, Author's Purpose.

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  • Main Idea

    What term names the most important point of a passage?

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    main idea

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  • Context Clues

    Using nearby words to figure out an unknown word is called using what?

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    context clues

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  • Inference Skills

    What do we call a conclusion you figure out from clues and knowledge?

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    an inference

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  • Text Structure

    Which structure presents events in time order?

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    chronological order

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  • Author's Purpose

    What acronym helps you remember persuade, inform, entertain?

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    PIE

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Main Idea

$100 — What term names the most important point of a passage?
main idea
$200 — In many informational paragraphs, where is the topic sentence most often placed?
at the beginning
$300 — What are facts and examples that explain the main idea called?
supporting details
$400 — What do we call a detail that does not connect to the main idea?
irrelevant detail
$500 — To infer an implied main idea, what pattern in the details should you notice?
repeated ideas

Context Clues

$100 — Using nearby words to figure out an unknown word is called using what?
context clues
$200 — In "arid, or very dry, climate," what type of clue is "or very dry"?
definition
$300 — In "Unlike his gregarious sister, Tom is taciturn," which contrast word signals the clue?
unlike
$400 — In reading, "context" refers to what around a word?
surrounding text
$500 — What common phrase can introduce an example that explains a word?
for example

Inference Skills

$100 — What do we call a conclusion you figure out from clues and knowledge?
an inference
$200 — You make inferences by combining text clues with what you already know, called what?
prior knowledge
$300 — A character slams a door and stomps off; what can you infer about their mood?
angry
$400 — What should you always cite to support an inference?
text evidence
$500 — An inference must be reasonable and what to the text?
supported by evidence

Text Structure

$100 — Which structure presents events in time order?
chronological order
$200 — Which structure shows similarities and differences?
compare and contrast
$300 — Which structure explains why something happened and the result?
cause and effect
$400 — Which structure presents a difficulty and how to fix it?
problem and solution
$500 — Name two common signal words that show sequence.
first and next

Author's Purpose

$100 — What acronym helps you remember persuade, inform, entertain?
PIE
$200 — If a text aims to change your opinion, what is the author’s purpose?
persuade
$300 — A how-to article mainly has what purpose?
inform
$400 — A funny fictional story is likely written to do what?
entertain
$500 — The group a text is written for is called what?
audience

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