Figurative Language
Genre Characteristics
Constructed Responses
Misc. ELA
Misc. ELA
100

A comparison using like or as

What is a simile? 

100

This type of text will include characters that are usually not real

What is fiction?

100

What does SCR stand for?

What is short constructed response? 

100

When a character doesn't know something but the audience does...

What is dramatic irony?

100

If an author is trying to get you to do something, they have written a ________ text.

What is a persuasive text?

200
"The wind whistled as it prepared to pass through the day."

What is personification?

200

This type of text has stanzas

What is a poem?

200

How many sentences should a SCR have?

What is four sentences (ACE)?

200

An educated guess is also known as a _____

What is an inference?

200

When an author's reasoning is the same as their base argument, they have presented:

What is circular reasoning (logical fallacy)? 

300

The lightning crackled in the night sky.

What is onomatopoeia? 

300

This type of text has the purpose of informing, persuading, or entertaining

What is an informational text?

300

An Extended Constructed Response (ECR) should have an introduction paragraph that ends with a....

What is a thesis statement? 

300

_____ is how the author feels about what they're writing about.

What is tone?

300
This type of text has stage directions.

What is a drama?

400

He was her Romeo! 

What is an allusion?

400

This type of text includes text features such as pictures, captions, subheadings, etc.

What is informational?

400

An ECR should have a minimum of how many pieces of evidence?

What is two?

400

______ is how the reader feels when reading something.

What is mood?
400

"You should join this club or you'll be the only one left out of it." is an example of a ____

What is a bandwagon appeal?

500

Break a leg tonight!

What is an idiom?

500

Chronological, Cause and Effect, Compare and Contrast, Description and Problem and Solution are all types of...

What is text structure?

500

The easiest way to figure out whether a written response is an ECR vs. an SCR is by looking for ______ within the question/description telling you what to do.

What are bullet points?

500

Every fictional text and poem will have a moral of the story or lesson. This is known as a _____.

What is a theme?

500

When an author presents two contrasting ideas side by side, this is called _____.

What is a juxtaposition? 

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