Figurative Language
Non-Fiction Text Structure
Fiction & Plot Mountains
Non-Fiction Text Features
Miscellaneous
100
The clouds are like marshmallows.
What is simile?
100
Author discusses similarities & differences between 2 or more things.
What is compare/contrast?
100
The plot thickens and leads towards the turning point.
What is rising action?
100
Helps reader understand meanings of bold-faced, underlined words in text?
What is a definition in the margin?
100
Name 3 first person point of view pronouns.
What is I, me, my, mine (for example).
200
The clouds are marshmallows.
What is a metaphor.
200
Author gives many details about a person, place, or thing.
What is description?
200
Something that occurs after the turning point, but before the solution.
What is falling action?
200
Helps reader to easily locate information in text?
What is a subheading?
200
Name 3 third person point of view pronouns.
What is he, she, hers, his (for example).
300
The wind whistled in the breeze.
What is personification?
300
Author states that something happened and something can be done about it.
What is problem-solution?
300
The part of the plot that is most exciting or intense; the turning point.
What is climax?
300
Helps a reader to understand what is in a photo.
What is a caption?
300
From what point of view is a biography written?
What is 3rd person point of view?
400
I told you a million times.
What is a hyperbole?
400
Author states that something happened and, as a result, this occurred.
What is cause-effect?
400
The part of the story where the problem or conflict is solved?
What is the resolution?
400
Helps a reader to easily find information in the text.
What is a subheading?
400
A piece of text about a person written by the person himself/herself?
What is an autobiography?
500
You will be in the doghouse soon.
What is an idiom?
500
Author explains that something has happened over time.
What is chronological?
500
Name the 3 parts of the exposition.
What are the characters, problem, and setting?
500
Helps a reader to visually see what the author is trying to compare.
What is a graph or chart?
500
What is an author's purpose for writing non-fiction?
What is to inform?
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