Literature
Grammar/Writing
Non-fiction
Wild Card
Literature two
100

The message, central idea, or the lesson an author is trying to convey. 

What is theme?

100

a word that refers to someone or something (noun) mentioned elsewhere in the sentence of paragraph. 

What is a pronoun?

100

The most important or central thought of a paragraph or larger section of text, which tells the reader what the text is about. 

What is central idea?

100

A word, letter, or number placed before another.

What is a prefix?

100

The turning point in a text, usually the most important moment.

What is a climax of a text?

200

perspective from which a story is told. The author's opinion on a subject.

What is the author's point of view?

200

a punctuation make indicting a pause between parts of a sentence.

What is a comma?

200

Refers to how the information within a written text is organized. This strategy helps students understand that a text might present a main idea and details; a cause and then its effects; and/or different views of a topic.

What is text structure?

200

An affix occurring at the end of a word, base, or phrase

What is a suffix?

200

Sequence of events that tell a story from beginning to end

What is a plot?

300

The author's attitude toward a character and/or situation. Normally created words depicting feeling.

What is tone?

300

When an author writes conversation between two characters.

What is dialogue? 

300

A statement essentially arguable, but used as a primary point to support or prove an argument with three reasons.

What is a claim statement?

300

Make (an idea, impression, or feeling) known or understandable to someone

What is convey?

300

Reason the author writes a text: persuade, inform, entertain.

What is author's purpose?

400

To come to a conclusion about a text based not on what is stated explicitly, but instead on the basis of evidence and reasoning; reading between the lines.

What is inference?

400

Usually as fiction, which is based on imaginative events or stories that did not actually happen.

What is narrative writing?

400

Phrases used from a source to support a writer's claim. 

What is evidence?

400

Hints that the author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word.

What is context clue?

400

To explain how two (or more) texts are the same and how they are different from each other

What is compare and contrast?

500

When you use a word or phrase that does not have its normal everyday, literal meaning. Example simile, metaphor, hyperbole.  

What is figurative language?

500

A piece of writing that is nonfiction, in which the author tries to convince the reader of their position.

What is a argumentative writing?

500

A summary not influenced by personal feelings or interpretation.

What is objective summary?

500

A group of lines in a poem that look like a paragraph

What is a stanza?

500

A category of literature identified by form, content, and style. 

What is genre?

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