Literary Texts
Informational Texts
Vocabulary
Figuartive Language & Poetry
Writing
100
The location and time in which a story takes place.
What is the setting?
100
A list of words and definitions found in the back of a book.  
What is the glossary?
100
A word that means almost the same thing.
What is a synonym?
100
"The tiny white flowers dotted the morning mountainside like patches of snow" is an example of this.
What is a simile?
100
A piece of writing that tells a story. It has characters, settings, and a plot.
What is a narrative?
200
This is when a character is talking.
What is dialogue?
200
A picture that includes labels of certain parts.
What is a diagram?
200
A word that means the opposite.
What is an antonym?
200
"The stars were candles guiding the weary travelers" is an example of this.
What is a metaphor?
200
This type of writing convinces the reader to do something or to agree with something.
What is persuasive writing?
300
Supporting your answer with a quote or specific information from the text.
What is citing evidence?
300
A passage that is explained in order of when the events happened uses this text structure.
What is chronological order?
300
This reference lists synonyms for words.
What is a thesaurus?
300

"This cat weighs a ton" is an example of this.

What is a hyperbole?

300
This type of writing provides facts and explains something.
What is informational or nonfiction writing?
400
Point of view of a story told by the main character.
What is first person?
400
A ______________ includes the main idea and important details.
What is a summary?
400

When this is added to the beginning of a root word, it makes a new word and changes the meaning of the word.

What is a prefix?

400
"Storm clouds threatened to flood the wheat fields in the Midwestern region" is an example of this.
What is personification?
400
The first paragraph, where you let your reader know what you are writing about.
What is the introduction?
500
This is the deeper meaning or the insight the story teaches about life.
What is theme?
500
The paragraph that usually reemphasizes and summarizes the main idea in an informational passage.
What is the last paragraph or conclusion
500
Words that sound the same but have different spellings and different meanings.
What are homophones?
500

My mom told me to "button my lips" during the movie.

What is idiom?

500

To correctly cite evidence, what punctuation must be used?

What are quotation marks?

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