This genre has animals with human characteristics, such as talking, and teaches a lesson. Many were told by Aesop and retold or adapted by another author.
What is a fable?
100
A word that means about the same as another word
What is a synonym?
100
structure used when an author organizes by describing how two or more things are alike and how they are different
What is compare and contrast?
100
This type of poem is written to make you laugh.
What is a humorous poem?
100
This helps readers know what a section, or part, of the text is about and locate information within the text.
What is a heading?
200
true stories about real people such as The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Cole and A Picture Book of Benjamin Franklin by David Adler
What is a biography?
200
to figure something out that the author doesn't tell you by using clues and your schema/background knowledge
What is infer (or conclude)?
200
This text structure is used when an author organizes the text by giving the steps or telling something in time order, as in directions, history, life cycles, and biographies.
What is sequence?
200
Poems are usually written with short lines that are put together in groups called this.
What is a stanza?
200
This is an illustration with labels that the author includes in nonfiction text to show how something works or its parts, such as an illustration of the water cycle with its parts labeled.
What is a diagram?
300
This type of text is written to teach or inform and has many facts. It may have photographs with captions, headings, maps, graphs, charts, diagrams or other features.
What is informational?
300
when an author is trying to get the reader to do something by using words such as should, must, very important, and need
What is persuade?
300
when an author identifies a problem and gives possible solutions, he/she organized the text with this structure
What is problem and solution?
300
This type of poem expresses an author's thoughts or feelings about the topic. It usually rhymes. Examples are "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening" and "Heartland."
What is a lyrical poem?
300
Why an author includes photographs or illustrations.
What is to show the reader what something looks like.
400
This genre has believable characters, setting, and events but it is a made-up story, such as Ramona Quimby books (The Extra-Good Sunday) and Owl Moon.
What is realistic fiction?
400
this paragraph includes the most important ideas, details, and facts written in the order nonfiction text; it does not include anything that is not important
What is a summary?
400
an author organizes his/her text with this structure when they tell why things happen and what things lead to, such as a book telling why earthquakes or volcanoes happen and what results from the earthquake or volcano.
What is cause and effect?
400
This type of poem feels free to break the rules. It does not usually rhyme and its lines may not begin with a capital letter like most poems.
Examples:
"Moon" and "Foul Shot"
What is free verse?
400
An author includes these 2 features in nonfiction text to give information in an organized way.
What are graphs and charts?
500
This type of story has characters, setting, and/or events that could not happen such as How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
What is a fantasy?
500
these are words that sound alike but may have a different spelling; they have a different meaning.
Examples: hare and hair
night and knight
knew and new
What are homophones?
500
When an author tells all about a topic, such as what a rattlesnake looks like, where is lives, what it eats, how it moves, and about its young
What is description?
500
This type of poem has characters, setting, a problem or goal, and a solution; it tells a story.
Examples: "Twas the Night Before Christmas", "I Wish I Was.." and "A Snake Named Rover."
What is a narrative poem?
500
Authors use these two types of print to show us that words are important, or key words, and may be found in a glossary.