A story that could happen but are mostly from the author's imagination
What is Realistic Fiction?
What is a simile?
a comparison of two things by using "like" or "as"
What does RACE stand for?
Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain
An alphabetical listing of names and topics along with page numbers where they are discussed
What is an index?
What the text is mostly about
What is main idea?
What is a autobiography?
My backpack weighs a million pounds.
What is a hyperbole?
Use this strategy to answer the short answer question AND in your essay body paragraph
A short dictionary of important words used in the book
What is a glossary?
To create something over time
What is develop?
"One Inch Tall" by Shell Silverstein. This piece of literature is broken up into three stanzas and tells what life would be like if you were just one inch tall.
The wicked witch of the West went on her own way.
What is alliteration?
What is the very first thing we need to do when answering multiple choice questions?
What is read the directions?
This explains what is being shown in a picture or illustration
What is a caption?
A statement that you say is true that must be supported with evidence
What is a claim?
Harcourt Horizon. This textbook is broken up into lessons on the life of people in Ancient Civilizations such as Ancient Egypt, China, Greece and Rome.
What is Nonfiction?
The wind slammed the door shut, bam!
What is an onomatopoeia?
The author's purpose: PIE. What does PIE stand for?
To Persuade
To Inform
To Entertain
What is the purpose of a table?
Answers might vary:
Organize large amounts of information in a small space
When an author takes a position on something
What is author's argument?
What is a folktale?
A story that is passed down from generation to generation; has a moral or lesson
The bad news hit me like a ton of bricks.
What is an idiom?
When we see the passage say it is an article, we can assume the genre is..?
How an author organizes information in expository texts
What is text structure?
The reason an author writes a text