Text to Connections
This type of connection is when you relate something in the story to your own life.
What is Text-to-Self?
This word describes someone who is always willing to help others.
What is helpful?
This genre tells a story using characters, a setting, and a plot, but the events are not true.
What is Fiction?
my pillow is soft like a cloud
What is simile?
The sequence of events in a story, including the beginning, middle, and end.
What is plot?
When you notice similarities or differences between two books, stories, or movies, you are making this type of connection.
What is Text-to-Text?
After running the race, he was completely exhausted. What does exhausted mean?
What is tired?
Books in this genre are written to give facts and real information about people, places, or events.
What is Nonfiction?
The sun smiled down on us.
What is personification?
The time and place in which a story happens.
What is setting?
If a story makes you think about events happening in the real world, like climate change or historical events, you are making this connection.
What is Text-to-World
This word describes someone who is unsure and slow to decide
What is hesitant?
Stories in this genre often include magical creatures, wizards, or imaginary worlds.
What is Fantasy?
I’m so tired I could fall asleep standing up.
What is hyperbole?
The struggle between opposing forces in a story; can be internal or external.
What is Conflict?
Reading a book about a character who moves to a new city reminds you of your first day at a new school. This is an example of which connection?
What is Text-to-Self?
What vocabulary word describes someone who carefully plans before acting?
What is cautious?
This genre includes poems, songs, or stories that often express the writer’s feelings or thoughts.
What is Poetry?
His words were daggers.
What is metaphor?
The struggle between opposing forces in a story; can be internal or external.
What is conflict?
You read a story about a student who invents a way to clean up polluted rivers. This reminds you of news articles you’ve seen about environmental projects around the world. This is an example of which connection?
What is Text-to-World?
Which word fits: The students ___ when the surprise test was announced
What is panicked?
This genre is meant to scare or thrill readers, often with suspense, danger, or mystery.
What is Horror?
"Cost an arm and a leg"
What is idiom?
The perspective from which a story is told, such as first person, third person limited, or third person omniscient.
What is Point of View?