Fiction & Non-Fiction
WHAT IS FICTION?
stories that have made up characters, events, and other fiction elements.
WHAT IS POETRY?
Poetry is a genre of literature that expresses strong feelings and ideas in a distinctive style and rhythm.
WHAT IS DRAMATIC LITERATURE?
a play or drama that is performed by actors on a stage.
WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SENTENCES
SIMPLE, COMPOUND, COMPLEX, COMPOUND-COMPLEX
WHAT IS TEXT STRUCTURE?
Text structure is the way a text iS organized.
WHAT IS NON-FICTION?
text that tells, informs, teaches, and explains factual information.
WHAT ARE THE TWO MAJOR ELEMENTS OF POETRY?
Elements: LINES, AND STANZAS
WHAT ARE THE PARTS OF A DRAMA?
A drama is broken into acts, scenes, and lines.
WHAT ARE THE PARTS OF A SENTENCE?
SUBJECT AND PREDICATE
WHAT ARE THE FOUR TYPES OF TEXT STRUCTURE FOR 6TH GRADE?
ADVANTAGE, CLASSIFICATION, DEFINITION, DISADVANTAGE
WHAT ARE THE ELEMENTS OF PLOT?
exposition (includes character, setting and conflict), rising action, climax (includes the turning point), falling action, resolution
WHAT IS FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE?
Give 3 examples.
similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole, allusions, and idioms.
WHAT IS A NARRATOR AND THEIR PURPOSE?
Narrator is a character outside the action who gives the audience information
about what is happening in the play; not all plays have a narrator
IS THIS A SENTENCE?
After waiting in line for three hours to ride the roller coaster.
NO. This is a fragment.
WHAT IS THE AUTHOR’S PURPOSE OF THE DEFINITION TEXT STRUCTURE?
WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLE SIGNAL WORDS?
THE AUTHOR WILL USE DEFINITION TEXT STRUCTURE TO EXPLAIN A WORD AND THEN USE A WORD AND THEN USE AN EXAMPLE TO HELP THE READER BETTER UNDERSTAND THE DEFINITION; FOR EXAMPLE, TO ILLUSTRATE, SUCH AS
WHAT ARE THE PURPOSE OF GRAPHIC FEATURES.
Give 3 examples.
illustration, map, photo/ caption, chart, sidebar, diagram, index, etc.
WHAT ARE THE 5 COMPONENTS USED TO ANALYZE A POEM?
The title, figurative language, tone, mood, and theme
WHAT ARE THE PURPOSE OF STAGE DIRECTIONS?
tell a character how to act, where to go, what to do AND shows how a character is feeling.
WHAT TYPE OF SENTENCE IS THIS?
The neighbor’s cat loves to sit in the window.
Simple sentence
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE CLASSIFICATION TEXT STRUCTURE?
WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLE SIGNAL WORDS?
THE AUTHOR WILL USE CLASSIFICATION TEXT STRUCTURE TO DIVIDE A LARGE GROUP OF SMALLER GROUPS; GROUP, SORT, CATEGORY, DIVIDED
WHAT ARE THE PURPOSE OF PRINT FEATURES? Give 3 examples.
bold, italics, underline, parenthesis, capital letters, etc.
WHAT IS THE GENERAL PURPOSE OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN POETRY?
Figurative Language helps the reader better visualize and understand strong images and feelings from the poem.
WHAT DO WE CALL TALKING IN A DRAMA?
NAME THE 2 TYPES.
LOGUING:Dialogue (between two people) and Monologue (only one person is speaking out loud).
WHAT TYPE OF SENTENCE IS THIS?
I like chocolate ice cream, but my best friend prefers vanilla.
Compound sentence
WHAT IS THE AUTHOR’S PURPOSE OF ADVANTAGE/ DISADVANTAGE TEXT STRUCTURE?
WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLE SIGNAL WORDS?
THE AUTHOR WILL USE ADVANTAGE/DISADVANTAGE TEXT STRUCTURE TO PRESENT REASONS TO DO OR NOT DO SOMETHING; PERSUADE THE READER TO DO SOMETHING; PRO/CON, FOR/AGAINST, BENEFIT/DRAWBACK