Anything Goes
Writing
Reading
Vocabulary
Literature
100

It is a name of a person, place or thing

noun

100

The spaces at the beginning of a paragraph

indention

100

The S in SWBTS in summarizing

Someone

100

It refers to the 5 senses in writing details

sensory details

100

The good guy in a story

protagonist

200
It describes a noun (example: beautiful)

adjective

200

This punctuation is used when copying words of an author

quotation marks

200

It is a smart guess when reading a passage

inference

200

It uses "like" or "as" in comparing two objects. 

simile

200

The time and place of a story

setting

300

The guiding words found at the beginning of most paragraphs in an essay

transition words

300

Where you put the name of your source in writing

inside parenthesis 

300
A type of character in a story that you know little about

flat character

300

It is a string of words using the same letter at the beginning (ex: green geese grazing)

alliteration

300

The turning point or most exciting part in a story

climax

400

A conversation between two people in a book or story

dialogue

400

Your position in writing an argumentative essay

thesis

400

What the paragraph or passage is about

main idea or central idea

400

It is a story

narrative

400

It is an element of the plot where the problem is introduced

rising action

500
A category of literature or writing such as fiction, nonfiction, drama, short story or poetry

genre

500

The opposing side of an argumentative essay

counterargument or counterclaim

500

A type of character in the story that changes over time

dynamic character

500

One strategy which involves looking at the other words in a sentence

using context clues

500

Another name for the resolution of the story

denouement

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