Vocabulary
Poetry
Genres
Literary Texts
Informational Text
100
A figure of speech where non-human things are given human-like qualities.
What is personification?
100
This type of poem tells a story. It has characters and a plot.
What is narrative poetry?
100
Written stories about people and events that are not real.
What is fiction?
100
A series of events that form the story in a novel or movie.
What is plot?
100
To teach or give information to the reader.
What is inform?
200
Two or more lines of poetry that form a division of a poem. It is like a paragraph in a story.
What is stanza?
200
This type of poem has no set meter, rhyme scheme, or form.
What is free verse poetry?
200
Writing that is about facts or real events.
What is non-fiction?
200

From which position a story is told. 

What is point of view?

200

The words underneath a picture or an illustration.

What is caption?

300
A single line of words in a poem.
What is a line?
300

This type of poetry takes the words of the poem to form a shape.

What is concrete or shape poem?

300
A piece of writing that tells a story and is performed on stage.
What is drama?
300
One of the people/things from a story
What is a character?
300

A smaller title that lets you know what the paragraph or section is about. 

What is subtitle or subheading?

400
Words with the same or similar meanings
What is a synonym?
400

This type of poetry takes each letter of the word to make new words.

What is an acrostic poem?

400

Text that is trying to convince the reader to do, think, or buy something.

What is argumentative text?

400

To convince someone of your claim or opinion. 

What is persuade?

400

The central idea or main point of the passage.

What is key idea?

500
A word that has an opposite meaning to another word
What is an antonym?
500
Descriptive words that the poet uses to create pictures in the readers mind.
What is imagery?
500
A short story that usually is about animals and is intended to teach a lesson.
What is a fable?
500

The part of author's author's purpose that means "for the reader's enjoyment."

What is entertain?

500

The name of all the things writers add to text to help explain/persuade the reader. 

What are text features?

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