Genres
This genre often includes magical characters like fairies, witches, and talking animals.
What is a fairy tale?
"The cheetah was as fast as lightning," is an example of this literary device.
What is a simile?
This text structure tells what something looks like, sounds like, or IS like.
What is description?
If you want to know what a paragraph will be about before reading it, you should look at this text feature.
What is the heading?
Books about animals, space, or volcanoes are often this genre.
What is informational (non-fiction) text?
Stories in this genre could happen in real life.
What is realistic fiction?
"The wind whispered through the trees," is an example of this literary device.
What is personification?
This organizational structure tells how two things are alike and different.
What is compare and contrast?
This feature gives extra information about an image.
What is a caption?
This genre tells the true story of a real person's life.
What is a biography?
A story about a boy who finds a portal to a magical land is this genre.
What is fantasy?
This literary device uses words that sound like the noise they make. Words like buzz, crash, and boom.
What is onomatopoeia?
"The power went out, so the lights turned off." This sentence shows which organizational structure?
What is cause and effect?
This text feature uses labeled pictures or drawings to show how something works or what its parts are.
What is a diagram?
This genre often uses rhythm, rhyme, and descriptive language and is often arranged in short lines called stanzas.
What is poetry?
This genre teaches readers facts about a real topic.
What is informational (non-fiction) text?
This literary device repeats the same beginning sound in nearby words.
What is alliteration?
This organizational structure presents an issue and how it gets fixed.
What is problem and solution?
Readers can learn bonus information by reading this text feature: a)glossary b)sidebar c)table of contents
What is b). sidebar?
This genre includes dialogue and stage directions and is written to be performed by actors on a stage.
What is drama (or a play)?
The lesson at the end of this genre is called the moral.
What is a fable?
This literary device says one thing is another to show a comparison. For example, "Her smile is sunshine" or "The classroom was a zoo!"
What is a metaphor?
Words like since, therefore, because, and as a result signal this text structure.
What is cause and effect?
This text feature is often found in a box next to the main paragraph. Authors use it to share additional details or fun facts.
What is a sidebar?
This genre often teaches readers about the important things a real person accomplished, and it is usually organized in chronological order.
What is a biography?