Vocabulary
This word means to have a great effect.
What is impact?
Shows a comparison using like or as
Simile
This text structure shows how things are alike and different.
Compare and Contrast
The dog barks every time someone rings the doorbell.
What part of speech is dog?
Noun
What the passage is mostly about is referred to as what?
Main Idea
We see this through what the character says, does, thinks, and feels.
How do we see a character's perspective?
Shows a direct comparison (does not have like or as)
Metaphor
This text structure explains the reason why something happened and what the result was.
Cause and Effect
Marsha injured her leg while running during recess.
What part of speech is her?
Pronoun
The moral of a story or the lesson learned from a story is known as what?
Theme
This word means that words are used for sounds.
What is onomatopoeia?
Gives human qualities to non-human things
Personification
This text structure explains events in order.
Chronological/Sequence
Doug carries a blue bag to school each day.
What part of speech is blue?
Adjective
This type of writing has stanzas and rhymes.
Poetry
What is this an example of: Her eyes shone diamond bright when she saw her father was back from the war.
What is a metaphor?
This figurative language must have several words that start with the same letter (Peter Piper picked a pickled pepper).
Alliteration
This text structure presents an issue and how that issue was fixed.
Problem and Solution
Maria ran quickly to the gym.
What part of speech is quickly?
Adverb
I think Mr. P is the best teacher in the fifth grade.
Is this an opinion or fact?
Opinion
This is a small piece of text taken from a larger piece of text.
What is an excerpt?
Statements that are not meant to be taken literal.
Idiom
This text structure uses various adjectives to describe something.
Description
Alex studied hard for his math test.
What part of speech is studied?
Verb
Larry is as fast as lightning.
Is this a simile or a metaphor?
Simile