Genre
Academic Vocabulary
Text features
100

Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning 

Purpose is to persuade the reader of the author's opinion

What is argumentative text?

100

What the text is mostly about

What is central idea?

100

 Text feature that shows where something is located

What is a map?

200

Stanzas, Lines, may or may not rhyme, figurative language Written to express a feeling

Poetry

200

The sentences that describe and give information about the central idea 

What are details?

200

Shows what something looks like

What is a photograph?

300

Characters are animals, teaches a lesson or moral , has a plot (setting, character relationships, conflict, solution)

What is a fable?

300

When words mean something other than their literal meaning

What is figurative language?

300

Tells about a photo 

 What is a caption?

400

May have text features, facts, text structure, written to teach or inform the reader

What is informational text?

400

Compare using like or as

What is a simile?

400

Tells what the paragraph is about in informational text.

What is a heading?

500

( Plot) characters act like real people, setting, conflict, solution, character relationships. Has a Beginning Middle, and End 

 What is realistic fiction?

500

Compare without using like or as

What is a Metaphor?

500

Shows details of a photo or picture 

What are labels?

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