Reading Genres
What genre is a story with talking animals and a moral?
What is Fable?
What is the title of a book an example of?
What is a text feature?
If a sentence says, “The cat was famished, or very hungry,” what does famished mean?
What is very hungry?
“The snow is a white blanket.” What type of figurative language is this?
What is metaphor?
What does PIE stand for in author’s purpose?
What is Persuade, Inform, Entertain?
A book that gives facts about space is what genre?
What is Nonfiction/ Informational ?
What text feature helps you find key vocabulary at the bottom of the page?
What is glossary?
“Even though it was frigid outside, she forgot her coat.” What does frigid mean?
What is very cold?
“Boom! Crash! Bang!” is an example of what?
What is Onomatopoeia?
What is the author’s purpose if they want you to laugh at a funny story?
What is entertain?
What genre tells a made-up story that includes magic or otherworldly creatures?
What is fantasy?
What structure shows how two things are the same and different?
What is compare and contrast?
What type of context clue is it when the meaning of the word is given in the same sentence?
What is a definition clue?
“She was as fast as a cheetah.” What type is this?
What is a simile?
A recipe or how-to article has which purpose?
What is inform?
What is the genre of a story set in the past with real and made-up events?
What is historical fiction?
What is the purpose of a heading in a nonfiction article?
What is To tell what the section is about?
Use context clues: “He was so timid that he wouldn’t even raise his hand in class.” What does timid mean?
What is shy or scared?
What is personification?
What is Giving human qualities to non-human things?
If an author writes to convince you to stop littering, what’s the purpose?
What is Persuade?
What is the difference between a biography and an autobiography?
What is Biography is about someone else, autobiography is written by the person themself?
Which structure tells events in the order they happened?
What is Chronological Order?
“The sun was obscured by thick clouds, making the day seem gloomy.” What does obscured mean?
What is blocken or hidden?
“Time flew by during the fun day.” What does this mean?
What is The day felt like it went by quickly?
How can you tell if an article is trying to persuade you?
What is opinions, strong language, or reasons to agree?