Another name for a play, contains story elements along with stage directions and dialogue
What is a drama?
100
Two terms. One is true and can be supported. The other is someone's feelings or thoughts/ideas.
What are fact and opinion?
100
To convince the audience of a particular idea, thought or position
What is persuade?
100
A person, place, thing, or idea
What is a noun?
100
Writing that is larger and darker than the print around it
What is bold-faced?
200
This type of reading and writing may be in free form or with a specific format. It contains sound devices and figurative language to help express thoughts and feelings.
What is poetry
200
Shortening a story to its main events
What is summarizing?
200
Revisiting a piece of writing to check for clarity of ideas, organization, and sentence structure
What is revising?
200
Renames a noun; is often used when the nouns' overuse becomes awkward
What is a pronoun?
200
Found in the front of a book; Lists sections, chapters, units, etc. and the page numbers where they begin
What is the table of contents?
300
This genre leaves the audience guessing or trying to figure out the answer to a problem. Once it is figured out, it is solved.
What is a mystery.
300
Using evidence and details to make a final educated guess about what will happen next.
What is predicting?
300
Words or phrase used to signal a change, allows for a smooth shift in ideas or time
What are transition words?
300
Tells how, when, why, where, and to what extreme an action is being performed; usually ends in "ly"
What is an adverb?
300
An Internet assistance tool to locate websites pertaining to certain topics, key words are used in the search
What is a search engine?
400
Usually more than 100 pages in length. It can be fiction or nonfiction and contains story elements that change from chapter to chapter.
What is a novel
400
Using hidden or non-stated clues to make an assumption or guess
What is inferring?
400
Beginning paragraphs or writing about five spaces to the right
What is indenting?
400
Used to join together words or phrases
What is a conjunction?
400
The illegal act of copying verbatim without giving proper credit to the author
What is plagiarism?
500
Identifying and detailing characters' actions and thoughts to show effect on the plot of a story
What is characterization?
500
The idea that is being discussed or focused on in a piece of writing. The details must all relate to this idea.
What is the topic?
500
Direction words
What are prepositions?
500
A alphabetized list of topics found in the back of books; gives page numbers where items can be found