Informational Text
Historical Fiction
Poetry
Vocabulary
Text Structures
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What is informational text?

Gives factual information about a topic.

100
Are historical fiction characters real?
No they are fictional made-up characters.
100

What are characteristics of poetry?

Simile, Metaphor, Rhyme, Onomatopoeia, Personification, Hyperbole, Idioms

100

What does curious mean?

The desire to explore, learn or understand something new.
100

What is 1 type of text structure?

Can be: Compare and contrast, Chronological, Cause and effect, problem and solution, description.

200

What are some text features?

Title, headlines, bold words, graphic images

200

When does historical fiction take place?

In the past, historical time period.

200

What is an idiom?

A phrase that does not make sense unless you have heard it before. 

200

What is an adventure?

An unusual, exciting, risky experience on a journey.

200

What does compare and contrast mean?

Compares town or more things to show similarities.

300

What is the main idea?

The most important ideas about a topic.

300

What is historical fiction?

Tells made up stories based on real people, places, or events from the past.

300

What is a metaphor?

Describe two things without using like or as. Saying something is something.

300

What does inflatable mean?

Can be filled with air.

300
What is cause and effect?

Why something happened and what happened.

400

What is the meaning of details?

The most important ideas about the topic.

400

What does setting mean?

Where and when a story takes place.

400

What is a simile?

Describing two things using like or as.

400

What does resistible mean?

Can be withstood. Staying away from something.

400

What is problem and solution?

Identifies a problem or concern and suggests possible solutions.

500

What are example of informational text?

Newspaper, magazine articles, Textbooks, Brochure, pamphlet, factsheet.

500

What is the difference between historical fiction and informational text?

Historical fiction mixes facts with made up (fake) stories. Informational text only uses facts and real stories.
500

What is figurative language?

Language that expresses unusual, unexpected meanings.

500

What does logic mean? 

Using facts or real information, using correct reasoning.

500

What is a description? What are characteristics of a description?

Describes features or traits, classifies or categorizes information. Size, shape, color. 

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