Figurative Language
To give a human quality to a non human character.
Personification
Set in the Phillipines, during WW2. Its main characters are a young soldier and a little girl.
This names the title of the book. It also tells who wrote the book and who drew the pictures. It even tells the name of the company that published the book.
Title Page
Stories that are made up from the imagination of the author and are not true.
What is Fiction
You could use this to find the definition of the word archaeologists.
Dictionary
To compare something using like or as.
similie
He found a Trombone and became famous for his jazz music. He is from New Orleans.
Trombone Shorty
This lists all the chapters that are in the book. You can use this to find out what page each chapter begins on.
Table of Contents
Writing dealing with facts and events rather than the imagination.
Non-Fiction
You use this book to find a synonym for the word abandoned.
Thesaurus
To compare without like or as.
metaphor
Isatou Cheesay is the main character. The story is set in Gambia. She repurposed use plastic bags by creating beautiful purses.
One Plastic Bag
The part of a textbook that might list the meaning of the word temple?
Glossary
A fictional story where the characters have to be detectives to solve a problem. This type of story is usually filled with suspense!
Mystery
This is a set of books that gives information about many topics. The topics are listed in Alphabetical order. It can also be online.
Encyclopedia
Sally sat slowly Saturday on ships.
This is an example of ...
Alliteration
For his birthday, Calvin’s mother gives him two tickets to see Lomax the Magnificent (magician and hypnotist extraordinaire!).
Probuditi
An alphabetical listing of all topics/items usually found at the end of a book.
Index
A non-fiction book about a real persons life and their accomplishments or events that happened during their life written by someone else.
Biography
A book that has a collection of maps? This book also contains information about the land, crops and the population of an area.
Atlas
Its raining Cats & Dogs.
Lend me a hand.
These are ....
idioms
Two sisters lived down Louisiana way long ago: Rose, who was unpleasant, mean, and the older of the two; and her younger sister, Blanche, who was "sweet and kind. Blanche's kind and obedient nature finally pays off when she helps an old woman who has magical powers--and a chicken house full of talking eggs containing treasures for those who do as they're told: gold and silver, jewels, silk dresses, satin shoes,
The Talking Eggs
A description of photo. Usually in the form of words listed directly under the photo.
Caption
A fictional story where the setting and characters are part of a notable period in history.
Historical Fiction
A list of resources used to gather information for your research.