Text Features
Text Structures
Figurative Language
Grammar
Parts of Speech
100
A feature at the top of a page or paragraph, or on the cover of a book, that tells the reader what the writing is mainly about.
What is TITLE?
100
This text structure tells us how two things are SIMILAR and DIFFERENT.
What is compare and contrast?
100
This type of figurative language compares two things using the words "like" or "as."
Ex: His skin was as soft as a rose.
What is SIMILE?
100
What do you need to do to fix this sentence?
i am so happy that i will do a little dance, and then i will cartwheel.
What is UPPERCASE THE Is?
100
The part of speech that "Australia" is.
What is NOUN?
200
A bit of text under a picture, that tells the reader what is happening in the picture.
What is CAPTION?
200
This text structure tells us about a conflict, and how it was resolved.
What is PROBLEM AND SOLUTION?
200
Identify the type of figurative language shown here:
BOOM! CRASH! POW! ZING!
What is onomatopoeia?
200
What's grammar is this sentence missing?
We had a nice day
What is NO ENDING PUNCTUATION?
200
The part of speech that "pretty" is.
What is ADJECTIVE?
300
Something in the front of a nonfiction book that tells the topics in the book and where you can find them
What is TABLE OF CONTENTS?
300
This text structure tells us WHAT happened, and WHY it happened.
What is CAUSE AND EFFECT?
300
What type of figurative language gives an animal or object qualities or abilities that only a human can have?
Ex: The thunder yelled at me from above.
What is PERSONIFICATION?
300
How would you spell "your" in this sentence?
______ going to drive me crazy if you keep blabbing on!
What is YOU'RE?
300
This part of speech is an action word that tells us what someone or something is doing.
What is VERB?
400
Where should you look in a nonfiction book in order to find the definition of this word? 
What is GLOSSARY?
400
This text structure gives us the order of things, using words like first, next, and finally.
What is SEQUENCE?
400
What type of figurative language is this?
The sun is a pat of melting butter.
What is METAPHOR?
400
Identify the words that should have commas after them in this sentence:
I went to the store and I bought eggs milk and cheese for my father.
What is EGGS and MILK?
400
What part of speech is the word "slowly" in this sentence?
He runs so slowly--it's like watching a snail!
What is ADVERB?
500
Where should you look in a nonfiction book about medicine to quickly see what specific page the term “vitiligo” is on? (Or, to see if the famous scientist “Mendel” shows up in the book?)
What is INDEX?
500
Identify the nonfiction text structure used here:
Putting the assignment off until the last minute has left me no time to do well; as a consequence, I feel sad and guilty.
What is CAUSE AND EFFECT?
500
Which of the following is an example of HYPERBOLE?
A. My hair was a straw nest.
B. I could eat a million PopTarts.
C. The wind howled in the night.
What is B?
500
How many grammar mistakes are in this sentence and what are they?
you shouldn't have you're cake for breakfast because i want it
What is FOUR? (no capitalization of first letter, wrong "your," no capitalization of the letter "I," no ending punctuation)
500
What part of speech is the word "on" in this sentence?
I'm on top of the world!
What is PREPOSITION?