Do You Know Your Genres?
Text structures
Fiction OR Nonfiction
Testing Vocabulary
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100

A passage or text that entertains the reader

What is FICTION?

100

the author presents information using dates to show sequence of events?

What is chronological order?

100

This passage includes characters such as people or animals that leads the story.

What fiction?

100

A WORD that means to say more to make something clear to another person.

What is explain? 



100

A strategy used to take out the wrong answer choice.

What is elimination?

200

An information text where the author present facts and details or writes to persuade.

What is nonfiction?

200

The author presents information that focuses on the problem or issue and presents a way to solve it.

What is problem and solution?

200

This passage will have a rising action, turning point and falling action.

What is fiction?

200

A WORD that shows how one part supports or adds onto another part.

What is how does this contribute to the text?

200

This is a strategy used to determine the meaning of new words, vocabulary or phrases.

What is using CONTEXT CLUES? 

300

A text that is written in lines and stanzas.

What is a POEM?

300

The author presents information about ideas that may have similarities and differences.

What is comapre and contrast?

300

The text will include the author's perspective about a topic.

What is nonfiction?

300

A WORD that means to figure something out after using ALL of the evidence in the text to think about what really happened.

What is draw a conclusion?

300
The most important thing to do on the morning of the test.

What is have a good breakfast?

What is getting to school on time?

400

A text that has many characters saying their own lines where the action and the story is told through what they say.

What is a PLAY?

400

The author presents information by explaining reasons and results of what happened?

What is cause and effect?

400

In this text, people have a reason to act a certain way or have a motivation to do something or make a difference.

What is nonfiction?

400

A quote from the text that is used to support your claim.

What is text evidence?

400
Things to do on the evening before the test.

What is go to bed at a good time?

What is read an independent reading book you enjoy?

500

A passage where someone's life (a real person) is being told almost like a story.  

What is NARRATIVE NONFICTION or BIOGRAPHY?

500

The authors presents information in an article by showing the steps or process to do or make something.

What is a How To?

500

This text has features such as diagrams, maps, tables, charts or sidebars that add to the readers' understanding of the text.

What is nonfiction?

500

A WORD that describes how a reader connects different main ideas and text structure together to conclude what the whole text is about 

What is the central idea?

500

Things to do during the test.

What is read closely?

What is think about what to look for in fiction and nonfiction?

What is read the questions carefully?

What is think about what the question is asking for?

What is use reading strategies?

What is read the choices carefully?

What is reread your response?

What is answer all the bullets in the extended response?

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