Poetry
Comprehension Strategies
Test Vocab
Text Structures
Author's Purpose
100
a group of lines in a poem
What is a stanza
100
What a whole passage is about
What is the main idea?
100
to tell the similarities of something
What is compare?
100
the nonfiction structure that tells the description of something
What is descriptive?
100
The author writes a piece for readers to enjoy. What is his purpose?
What is to entertain?
200
Poetry uses imagery to help the reader visualize what the poem is about. What type of language is this?
What is figurative language?
200
When one event causes something else to happen
What is cause and effect?
200
to tell the differences between two things
What is contrast?
200
the nonfiction text structure that shows how two things are similar and different
What is compare and contrast?
200
The author writes a piece for readers to learn something new. What is his purpose?
What is inform?
300
"The building was as high as a mountain" This is an example of a
What is a simile?
300
to tell how two characters are similar or different
What is compare and contrast?
300
what does it mean to justify your answer?
What is giving support for your answer?
300
The nonfiction text structure that tells all about a topic and then gives more information about that supports that topic
What is main idea and detail?
300
The author writes a piece for readers to convince the reader to do something. What is his purpose?
What is persuade
400
"Ms. Taylor is a bear when she is angry!" This is an example of a:
What is a metaphor?
400
to take information from the text and your own life to make a judgement about why something happened in a story
What is an inference
400
5 parts of a letter
What is the date, greeting, body, closing, signature
400
the nonfiction text structure that shows events in time order
What is chronological order?
400
The type of writing an author does to give their own view of a topic.
What is opinion writing
500
"The sun smiled on our special day." This is an example of:
What is personification?
500
using all the information you learned to put together to get something new
What is synthesizing?
500
what does it mean to describe?
What is to tell all about something
500
the nonfiction text structure that shows a problem and then how that problem is solved
What is problem and solution?
500
The type of writing an author does to share a story with characters.
What is a narrative?
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