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100

To point out similarities

Compare

100

The message/moral of the story in a fictional text

Theme

100

A comparison using like or as

Simile

100

The central or important idea in an informational text

Main Idea

100

A work of fiction (made-up)

Story

200

To point out differences 

Contrast

200

The time and place of where a story occurs

Setting

200

Artistic writing made up of lines within stanzas, often with rhyme


Poem

200

A play for theater, radio, or television

Drama
200

BONUS: part of speech that shows action OR a state of being OR it helps 

Verb

300

Conversation in quotation marks between two or more characters

Dialogue 

300

Making an educated guess based on prior knowledge and context clues

Inference

300

To take direct evidence from the text

quote/cite

300

Briefly retelling in your own words the main ideas and most important details

Summarize

300

BONUS: What part of speech describes verbs and adjectives? 

ADVERB

400

Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling

Figurative Language

400

A direct comparison NOT using like or as

Metaphor

400

A group of lines in a poem

Stanza

400

BONUS: What makes a proper noun different from a common noun?

Capital letter for names, cities, businesses, etc. 

400

BONUS: What part of speech describes a noun? It can be numbers, colors, a detail, etc. 

Adjective

500

To look at something carefully, paying attention to all of its parts

Analyze

500

JUDGE if what the person making an argument is saying is valid/right/convincing

Evaluate

500

BONUS: What part of speech CONNECTS clauses?

CONJUNCTION

500

BONUS: What part of speech shows time, relationship, etc.? Ex: to, from, around, by 

Preposition 

500

BONUS: a word that takes the place of a noun to avoid repetition. Ex: Kevin went to the store. He bought a drink. 

Pronoun

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