Type of Question
Poetry
Text Structures
ELA Vocabulary
What's my job?
100

I ask for the meaning of a word or phrase.

Vocabulary

100

What is a group of lines called?

Stanza

100

I am written as steps to describe how something gets done.

Sequence or chronological order

100

Another word for the person who is telling the story.

Narrator

100

Raj shook his head.  He didn't need to practice.  Next Friday, he'd sharpen two pencils.  Then the title sould be his again.

Shows a character's thinking

200

I ask for the description of a character.

Character trait

200

As big as an elephant

She was like a mouse

These are examples of what tool that is used in poetry?

Figurative language

200

I am written as describing two or more topics that have things that are the same and things that are different.

Compare and contrast

200

In nonfiction the central idea or message is also called?

Main idea

200

After the bell rang, Raj crumpled up his quiz and shoved it into his desk.  That Caroline!  Barging into 4B and taking over the speed-math quiz.  Well, she'd better watch out, because from now on, he was going to practice his math like crazy.  Then he'd reign as champion again.

Character motivation or character trait

300

I ask for why a character behaves a certain way.

Character motivation

300

Out goes the teacher

Out goes the students

Out goes the parents

This is an example of what tool in poetry?

Repetition

300

I am written as either a conflict, something goes wrong, a person or group of people is made unhappy, and other negative situations but then those negative situations are made better in some way.

Problem and solution

300

In fiction the central idea or message is called?

Lesson/message/theme

300

Tatenda is only 11 years old and someday he wants to be a doctor. But today his friends and schoolmates call him “teacher.” Like most children in Sanyati, a small countryside town in western Zimbabwe, when Tatenda was not at school, he spent his time playing football (soccer) or looking after his father’s cattle. 

Gets the reader's attention

400

I ask for why the author wrote something a certain way.

Author's craft

400

Poets use words that describe the five sense to create what?

Imagery

400

I am written as a reason for a result to happen.

Cause and effect

400

Another word for the most important events in a story.

Plot

400

Many children and adults have learned from Tatenda how to use a computer. “He is a bright kid and a good teacher,” said Magumise, one of the teachers who is receiving lessons from him. In Sanyati, Tatenda has single-handedly introduced computers to the villagers.

Introduces a perspective/point of view/opinion

500

I ask for how a paragraph is connected to the whole passage.

Main idea and part part connection

500

The ____________ of a poem can be frustrating, joyful, stressful, or melancholy.

Mood

500

I am written as a central idea and many examples to make it more clear.

Main idea and details

500

The point of view or perspective can also be called?

Opinion

500

In the 1950s, a science fiction book described an amazing house. It was a house of the future. Robots did all the chores. They cooked and cleaned. They set the table and vacuumed.

Gives background knowledge

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