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Genre
Word Play
100

A story made out of the authors imagination

Fiction

100

Tells or shows

Demonstrates

100

Words written below or next to an illustration that tells what it is about

Caption

100

A story that has been told and retold many times, usually by mouth

Folktale

100

Comparison using "like" or "as"

Simile

200

Writing that is fact, about real people and things, such as biographies and informational writing

Nonfiction
200

Smaller facts or events in the story that may support the main idea

Detail

200

The name of a book or article

Title

200

A folktale that teaches a lesson. Usually has animals and sometimes magic. 

Fable

200

Comparing two things using "is" and "are"

Metaphor

300

When events or steps are in order

Sequence


300

Helps to backup an idea. Evidence.

Supports

300

A longer title that tells what the book or article is about with more detail

Subtitle

300

A folktale that has good and evil, magic, once upon a time, and happily ever after

Fairy Tales

300

A word that has the same sound but a different meaning from another word

Homophone

400

Things that happen in a story

Events

400

Details or facts from the story that help to prove an idea

Evidence

400

The name of a section, tells what it is going to be mostly about

Heading

400

A word that means the opposite of another word

Antonym

500

What someone things about something. This can be supported, but cannot be proven right or wrong. 

Opinion

500

A word that means the same as another word

Synonym

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