Story Genres
Prefixes, Suffixes, Root Words
Fiction Story Elements
Figurative Language
Nonfiction Text Features
100

A type of story that is made up by the author. It is not a real story.

Fiction

100

The prefix "pre" means...

Before

100

Where the story takes place.

Setting

100

A comparison using the words "like" or "as."

Simile

100

This text feature shows locations of different places...

Map

200

A type of passage that provides readers with factual information. It often includes graphs, charts, and pictures.

Expository

200

The prefixes "dis-" and "un-" mean...

Not

200

The people or animals in the story.

Characters

200

"He is a a cheetah, he runs so fast" is an example of a...

Metaphor

200

Tells when events happen over time.

Timeline

300

A real story about a person's life, written by someone else. 

Biography

300

James had to prepay to go on the field trip. What is the meaning of the word "prepay"?

Pay Before

300

The problem in a story is also known as the...

Crisis or Conflict

300

The repeating of the same word or sound in a passage.

Repetition

300

This text feature organizes data (and goes by two names)…

Chart or table

400

Fiction story with strange settings or characters. It may often contain magic, as well as characters and objects that have human characteristics.

Fantasy

400

The suffix "-less" means...

Without

400

The solution, or the way is a problem is solved is known as the...

Resolution

400

"The homework was a piece of cake" is an example of an...

Idiom

400

This text feature points to an image and tells what different parts of the image are called.

Label

500

This type of fiction is a story with fictional characters and events in a historical setting.

Historical Fiction

500

What is the root word in the word "settlement"?

Settle

500

What happens during the beginning, middle, and end of a story.

Plot

500

Giving human qualities to animals or objects.

Personification

500

This text feature has many labels that show the part of an image and what something is made of.

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