Vocabulary
Topic + Point
What is Central Idea
Has characters, plot, and a theme.
Has a rhyme throughout the entire poem.
Rhymed Verse
When you hear the same sound at the beginning of a word over and over.
What is alliteration
What are the three types of text structure
What is chronology, compare and contrast, and cause and effect
Words that I don't know or understand
What is Unknown Words
Gives you information about a topic and might have some text features.
What is Informational text
Has no rhyme scheme.
What is free verse
When non-human things are given human-like characteristics.
What is personfication
The first step in the mummification process was to remove all the internal organs. Next, the embalmer drained the body of fluids. Finally, the body was wrapped in linens
What is chronology
- No opinion
- Theme/ Plot
- Supporting details
What is a Summary
The beginning, rising action, climax, and resolution of a story.
A lesson or moral that the character will learn throughout the story.
What is plot and theme
Has 3 lines, 17 syllables, and typically has a lot of imagery.
What is a Haiku
Compares two things using the words like or as.
Compares things by saying something is something else.
What is Similie and Metaphor
Because the Incas lived in the high Andes, they created ice mummies that were preserved in the thin, frigid mountain air.
What is cause and effect
The author is trying to get you to believe something.
The author is trying to tell you a story.
The author is giving you facts or details.
What is authors purpose (persuade, inform, entertain)
Text box, title, subtitles, pictures, captions, photographs
What is text features
Has an AABBA pattern, 5 lines per stanza, and can be comedic in nature
What is limerick
When you say something but you mean something else.
A phrase that is super exaggerated
What is idiom and hyperbole
Although the first mummies were probably accidental, mummification became an art in ancient Egypt. While members of the noble classes were mummified, poor people usually were not.
What is compare and contrast