Nonfiction A
Nonfiction B
Nonfiction C
Figurative Language
Types of Sentences
100
It is a drawing that shows the parts of something.
What is a Diagram
100
It is a picture that shows the location of things or places.
What is a MAP?
100
This gives the heading and beginning page of each section of the book.
What is a TABLE OF CONTENTS?
100
A comparison using like or as; for example, the chocolate frosting was as smooth as silk.
What is an example of simile?
100
This type of sentence makes a statement and ends with a period.
What is a DECLARATIVE SENTENCE?
200
It shows information in a visual way so that it can be understood by readers.
What is a graph?
200
This is a hand-drawn picture that helps the reader visualize the text.
What is an ILLUSTRATION?
200
This is slanted text that identifies new or important words.
What is ITALIC PRINT?
200
Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects; for example, the sleepy sun lowered its head in the western sky.
What is an example of personification?
200
This type of sentence gives a command or makes a request.
What is an IMPERATIVE SENTENCE?
300
It calls attention to new and important words.
What is BOLD PRINT?
300
It is a picture made with a camera that shows how things look in real life.
What is a PHOTOGRAPH?
300
This tells the reader what the section of reading is about.
What is a HEADING?
300
A word or phrase that means something other than what is actually being said
What is an IDIOM?
300
This type of sentence asks a question and ends with a question mark.
What is an INTERROGATVE SENTENCE?
400
These are the words next to a picture that explain what it is or is about.
What is a CAPTION?
400
This alphabetically lists new or important words and tells what they mean.
What is a GLOSSARY?
400
This lists words alphabetically and often gives the page numbers where the words occur in the text
What is an INDEX?
400
An exaggeration used to make or prove a point.
What is Hyperbole?
400
This type of clause expresses a complete thought and can stand by itself as a sentence.
What is an independent clause?
500
This form of organization presents details in order, from first to last - or sometimes from last to first.
What is CHRONOLOGICAL ORGANIZATION?
500
This type of organization shows the relationship among events.
What is CAUSE-and-EFFECT ORGANIZATION?
500
This type of organization shows the way in which two or more subjects are similar and different.
What is COMPARISON - and - CONTRAST ORGANIZATION?
500
A phrase or expression that is overused
What is a CLICHE?
500
Although this group of words has a subject and a verb, it does not express a complete thought and cannot stand alone as a sentence.
What is a DEPENDENT (or SUBORDINATE) CLAUSE?
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