Poetry
Stories we have read
Words
Skills
Genres
100
The author of a poem.
What is poet?
100
"More than anything in the whole world I wanted a room of my own." Was this written from a 1st person or 3rd person point of view?
What is first person point of view?
100
If I tell what a word means I am giving the_____________.
What is definition?
100
When we put story events in order we are doing this.
What is sequencing?
100
A story written about a real person's life.
What is Biography?
200
A group of lines in a poem. It is similar to a paragraph in a story.
What is stanza?
200
What is the theme of :"Seven Spools of Thread"? A. Helping your community B. Expressing yourself C. Working as a team D. Trying new things
What is "working as a team".
200
Use of words that sound like what they mean. Example: "buzz" "moo" or "tweet".
What is onomatopoeia?
200
The reason an author writes a story. It could be to entertain, persuade or inform.
What is Author's Purpose?
200
Informational, or expository, text found in a newspaper.
What is article?
300
Short poem that expresses personal feelings. Usually has rhyming words, or rhythm/
What is lyric poetry?
300
In "Wolf!" the animal characters wore clothes, talked and read books. These are examples of what____________.
What is personification.
300
Words that mean the same, or almost the same. Example: hot, warm
What are synonyms?
300
We use these clues when we are reading to help us figure out what words mean.
What are context clues?
300
A made up story that could really happen.
What is realistic fiction?
400
"Lilly loves to lick lemon lollipops" is an example of this.
What is alliteration?
400
Which story had the theme of working hard to accomplish your dreams? A. First Day Jitters B. The House on Viola Street C. Dear Juno D. Messaging Mania
What is "The House on Viola Street"?
400
Words that have opposite meanings. Example warm, chilly
What are antonyms?
400
What a paragraph or section of a story is mostly talking about.
What is What is the main idea, or gist?
400
A fiction story that teaches a moral, or lesson.
What is a fable?
500
Poetry that does not rhyme or have regular meter, or rhythm.
What is free verse poetry?
500
In "Dear Juno" the reader had to infer that Juno's grandmother was coming to visit. How do you make an inference?
Use the text clues and what you know. Tie them together to make an inference.
500
Letter or letters we add to the end of a word that change its meaning. Example: engage engagement
What is suffix?
500
When we tell all the important ideas of an expository text, or the main events in narrative text, we are doing this.
What is summarizing?
500
Stories with magic and talking animals.
What is fantasy? (Will also accept fairy tales or folk tales).
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