Elements of a story
Figurative Language
Elements of poetry
Reading Strategies
Misc. Reading
100
Plot
What is the story about- the series of events.
100
Hyperbole
What is this an example of ? My backpack weighs a ton.
100
Rhyme
What is it called when ending sounds match like He is red He is in bed.
100
Context Clues
What is it called when you find the definition of the word based on information in the passage.
100
Author's Purpose
What is this? To persuade, entertain, inform.
200
Characters
Who the story is about.
200
Simile
What is the comparison between two unlike things using like or as.
200
Rhyme scheme
What is this an example of AAbbcaca?
200
Prediction
What is trying to guess what is going to happen next in a story.
200
Informational text
What is the type of text called that gives you information.
300
The setting
Where and when a story takes place.
300
Metaphor
What is the comparison between two unlike things. My eyes are fern green.
300
Repetition
What is it called when certain words are repeated for emphasis?
300
Compare/Contrast
Using a Venn Diagram is an example of this strategy.
400
Genre
What is categories of text. Examples are Non-Fiction, Fiction, Drama, Poetry
400
Idiom
What is this an example of? It is raining cats and dogs out there!!
400
NO
Do all poems have to rhyme?
400
Re read
What is the strategy for reading a text more than once for comprehension.
400
Fiction
What type of book is an action/adventure story that is not true?
500
Folk Tale
What is a story that has been passed down from generation to generation.
500
Personification
What is attributing human characteristics to non-human things.
500
Stanza
What is a group of lines in a poem called?
500
RCBUS and PROCESS OF ELIMINATION
What iare the two school wide strategies that you will use on tests that helps you answer questions.
500
Anytonym
What are words that mean the opposite of each other?
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