Genres
This genre uses creative words, rhythm, and imagination to tell a story or share feelings:
What is poetry?
This plot element details the time and place of the story:
What is setting?
Fill in the blank with it's or its:
The dog is in _____ cage.
What is its?
This is the moral or lesson of the story:
What is theme?
When writing extended responses to questions, "AXES" stands for this:
What is:
A-Answer
X-Example
E-Explain
S-Summary/Significance
This genre tells made-up stories that could realistically happen:
What is realistic fiction?
In this part of the plot, tension is highest and the story is most interesting:
What is climax?
Fill in the blank with either your or you're:
If _____ planning to argue, you need stronger evidence.
What is you're?
In a story, this is the main problem:
What is conflict?
In this part of argumentative writing, the author states their side and gives reasons why:
What is the claim?
This genre uses real facts to explain real things:
What is informational
This is the part of the plot where the problem gets solved and the story comes to a close:
What is resolution?
Fill in the blank with there/their/they're:
The students left ________ backpacks in the classroom.
What is their?
This word refers to the group of lines in a poem:
What is a stanza?
This should be the first sentence in any piece of writing:
What is a hook?
This genre tells the true story of a person’s life written by someone else:
What is biography?
In this part of the plot, the author gives details about the characters and setting:
What is exposition?
Fill in the blank with the correct spelling of the verb: The rain will ______ whether we will play soccer game on the field today.
What is affect?
If a story uses the pronouns "he," "she" or "they," it is in this POV:
What is third person point of view?
This is the correct order of an argumentative body paragraph:
What is historical fiction?
In "Esperanza Rising," Esperanza’s father dies, the ranch burns down, and she moves to California. These events are examples of this plot element:
What is rising action?
The teachers are going bowling with the students.
If I am using context clues and prior knowledge to draw a new conclusion, I am doing this:
What is inferencing/making an inference?
An author is giving details, facts, and statistics about what happened during World War I. This is the type of writing he is using:
What is informational/informative writing?