Literature
Informational Text
Language
Writing
Reading Skills
100

The most important idea in a text.

Main Idea
100

This tells what a section of text is about. It's shown in bold or dark print.

Heading
100

Only one noun, such as: kitten.

Singular Noun
100

The purpose of this type of writing is to tell a story.

Narrative Writing

100

The word that prefixes and suffixes build on- it is a word on its own

Root Word
200

To describe what makes two or more people, events, or objects similar

Compare
200

Words which are important to a topic. They are often shown in bold print.

Key Words
200

A sentence that tells you to do something.

Command
200

The purpose of this writing is to show how you feel and think about a topic. 

Opinion Writing 
200

Words that mean the same.

Synonym

300

Authors reason or intent for writing.

Authors Purpose
300

This appears under a picture or other visual. Tells what the picture is about.

Caption
300
Tells what the sentence is about.  Usually is found at the beginning of a sentence.
Subject
300

The purpose of this type of writing is to inform the reader about a specific topic.

Informational Writing
300
Words that sound the same, but are spelled and mean different things.

Homonym

400

The order of events in which characters solve a problem.

Plot
400

Authors use these to organize ideas. Includes headings, captions, key words, sidebars, and hyperlinks.

Text Features
400

A sentence that does not have a complete thought. 

Sentence Fragment
400

When a character in a story is talking out loud or to another character.

this is shown with " " (quotation marks).

Dialogue
400

One person's thoughts about a subject.

Opinion
500

A smart guess based on story details.

Conclusion
500

This helps you identify a picture or photograph and its parts.

Label
500

A sentence can be divided into 2 parts. What are those 2 parts called?

Subject and Predicate
500

Information provided for the reader to provide information about a topic in an informational writing.

Facts / Details
500

At the end of a book, used to show the definitions of words.

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