Types of Texts
Writing Elements
Story Elements
Reading Terms
Figurative Language
100

What are the three reasons or purposes authors write for?

What are persuade, entertain, and inform?

100

What paragraphs do every essay need to start with and end with?

What is introduction and conclusion?

100

This is where and when the story takes place.

What is the setting?

100

This is a perspective of the narrator who is outside of the story looking in. It uses some words, such as "she," "he," and "them."

What is 3rd person point of view?

100

When non-human objects/things are given human attributes like "The grass whistled in the wind." or "The boat danced over the waves."

What is personification?

200

What is usually the author's purpose when writing novels or narratives?

What is to entertain?

200

What you need to have to prove that a claim or statement is reliable and true.

What is evidence?

200

This is the time in the story in which a very significant change occurs; it is the turning point of the story.

What is the climax?

200

This is the overall message or lesson learned that the author wants to portray.

What is the theme?

200

This is the repetition of beginning sounds, such as "The snake slithered silently through the swamp."

What is alliteration?

300

What is the purpose of the following passage? "Sandy is the absolute best candidate for student body president! She is honest, friendly and dedicated to making our school a better place. This is YOUR chance to make a positive change! GO VOTE SANDY IN 2019"

What is to persuade?

300

This is the attitude that an author has toward the topic that he or she is writing about.

What is the tone?

300

This is the part of a story in which the main problem of a narrative is finally fixed and the outcome is revealed.

What is the resolution?

300

This is when a passage is written in a shortened form and maintains the overall meaning. It usually includes the main idea and condensed supporting details.

What is the summary?


300

Statement comparing two things without using like or as: "Bob is a couch potato."

What is a metaphor?

400

A type of writing you need credible sources for direct quotes to support your writing.

What is informational/non-fiction?

400

Examples are table of contents, diagrams, titles, and glossary

What are Text Features?

400

These are the events that happen in order to build up tension for the main conflict, or climax. These events usually make the story more interesting by introducing the possibility of a problem.

What is rising action?

400

This is the feeling that a reader gets while reading a passage. Some examples are gloomy, joyful, or depressing.

What is the mood?

400

Word that imitates the sound a word makes like "Whoosh!" or "Bam!"

What is onomatopoeia?

500

What is this author's purpose?

What is to entertain?

500

Used to link words, phrases, or sentences.

What is transition words?

500

The 5 parts of the plot (in order) of a story.

What is exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?

500

When someone uses what they already know, apply it to a new situation and make an educated guess.

What is an inference?

500

What type of figurative language uses exaggeration? (My head is going to explode.)

What is hyperbole?

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