Author's Purpose
Genres
Poetry
Testing Strategies
Figurative Language
100
The reason that an author writes
What is the author's purpose?
100
A form of fiction that has talking animals or supernatural events or characters
What is fantasy
100
A poem that consists of 3 lines, 5-7-5
What is a Haiku?
100
the tool that I use to identify the main ideas or evidence to prove my answer.
What is a highlighter?
100
A word that is a sound effect. POW, BANG
What is a onomatopoeia?
200
Three main purposes for writing: persuade, inform, and ...
What is entertain?
200
A type of fiction that involves people who find love.
What is romance?
200
A poem in which there is no strict pattern of rhymes or rhythms.
What is free verse?
200
Don't leave any question blank, instead I should make an educated________.
What is guess?
200
An exaggeration
What is a hyperbole?
300
When an author wants you to persuade, they want to ________ you to do, buy, or believe something.
What is convince?
300
A modern day story of a cheerleader's disastrous day. A form of fiction and is not a short story.
What is realistic fiction?
300
A funny poem in which follows a pattern of AABBA
What is a limerick?
300
When I don't know the answer right away, I can use the process of ___________.
What is elimination?
300
A comparison of two things using like or as.
What is a simile?
400
To inform includes only _________, no opinions.
What are facts?
400
A story set during the Civil War. The story itself is not real, a form of fiction.
What is historical fiction?
400
A poem in which words are placed to create an image of what the poem is about.
What is concrete?
400
I should do this first before I read the text.
What is read the questions?
400
A word or phrase that appeals to the 5 senses.
What is imagery?
500
When an author writes to entertain, he or she usually wants to tell an exciting __________ or share feelings.
What is story?
500
A major genre division. A collection of true stories.
What is nonfiction?
500
A poem of 14 lines, usually with 10 syllables in each line and various complicated rhyme schemes.
What is a Sonnet?
500
What I can ask for if I don't know the meaning of a word.
What is a dictionary?
500
A part in the story when the past is explained.
What is a flashback?
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