Parts of Speech
This type of word is a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a Noun
This type of structure shows how two or more things are alike and different. You may see words such as like, unlike, or different.
What is Compare and Contrast?
What are root words?
What is the base word?
Found under pictures, diagrams, charts or photographs to help the reader better understand the picture of a diagram.
What is the caption?
A comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
Where are you going? Which words in this sentence are VERBS?
What is are and going
This structure shows events in time order. You may see words such as: first, next, then, or last.
What is chronological order (sequence of events)?
What are prefixes?
What is a group of letters at the beginning of words?
This feature informs the reader of important words/vocabulary found within the paragraph.
What is bold words?
A funny exaggeration is called a/an
What is a hyperbole?
I am getting awfully hungry mom! What word in this sentence is an ADVERB?
What is awfully?
This type of structure tells about a problem and shows a solution. The reader will find words/phrases such as a problem is, solve,or solution.
What is problem and solution?
What are suffixes?
What is a group of letters at the end of words?
Helps the readers see where the places in the passage are in relation to geographic regions of the world
What is a map?
Words that resemble the sound they describe
What is onomatopoeia?
I woke to an obnoxious sound outside my window. What part of speech is the word "obnoxious"?
What is an Adjective?
This type of structure tells about something. You may see words such as characteristics are or for example.
What is decription?
The prefix dis- means:
What is not or the opposite?
Usually found at the end of a passage or the back of the book to help the reader understand the meaning of important words.
What is the Glossery?
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
What is alliteration?
This type of noun is special and requires a capital letter.
What is a proper noun?
This structure shows why something happened and what happened. The reader will see words/phrases such as because, as a result of, and due to.
What is cause and effect?
What is the root word for rewriting?
What is write?
Found at the beginning of sections in a passage- help the reader know what different sections of the text are about
What are subtitles and headings
When you give human-like qualities to something that is not human
What is personification?