A comparison linking two unlike things by using the words "like" or "as"
What is simile?
100
A story using made-up characters but could happen in real life.
What is realistic fiction?
100
The when and where of a story.
What is setting?
100
The words that explain what is happening in a picture.
What is caption?
100
What the story or article is mostly about.
What is main idea?
200
Making a comparison linking two unlike things using words such as "is", "are", "was" or "were"
What is metaphor?
200
A fictional story that takes place in a particular time period in the past. Often the setting is real, but the characters are made up from the author's imagination.
What is historical fiction?
200
The problem in the story.
What is conflict?
200
A type of nonfiction that sounds like a story.
What is narrative nonfiction?
200
When you use information from the passage and what you already know to make a guess.
What is inference?
300
A figure of speech in which an animal, object or idea is given human characteristics.
What is personification?
300
A story including elements that are impossible such as talking animals or magical powers.
What is fantasy?
300
This is usually the author's purpose for writing fiction.
What is to entertain?
300
Prepares the reader for what the section will be about.
What is heading or subtitiles?
300
When you use what you know about the story to guess what will happen next.
What is prediction?
400
When a sequence of words all begin with the same sound/
What is alliteration?
400
A story that falls under traditional literature, it always teaches a moral or a lesson.
What is a fable?
400
The lesson or message the author is trying to convey.
What is theme?
400
Usually the authors purpose for writing nonfiction.
What is to inform?
400
When you think about the similarities and differences between two things.
What is compare and contrast?
500
Using a real life situation and turning it into a silly or unbelievable experience by exaggerating.
What is hyberbole?
500
A story handed down from generation to generation usually by oral retelling.
What is a folk tale?
500
Refers to the person who is telling the story.
What is point of view?
500
Information that can be proved.
What is a fact?
500
When you think about the BIG lesson the author is trying to teach you.