Genres
A special type of writing that uses words in creative ways to describe things or show feelings; often written in stanzas with rhyming lines
What is poetry?
The text organization that tells how things or ideas are alike and different
What is compare and contrast?
When a non-living object is given human qualities
What is personification?
Where and when a story takes place
What is setting?
A person place or thing
What is a noun?
A special kind of fiction story, often called a play; usually performed on a stage or in front of a camera
What is drama?
The text organization in which an author give facts about a problem and gives a possible solution
What is problem and solution text structure?
When two things are compared to each other using "like" or "as
What is a simile?
The things that happen in a story
What are events?
A word that describes a noun
What is an adjective?
Made-up stories with characters, settings, and plots that could take place in the real world
What is realistic fiction?
The text organization that tells how something changed over time or tells the steps in a process
What is sequential text structure?
When two things that are not alike are compared with each other... "The snow was a white blanket covering the field."
What is a metaphor?
The words that characters say in a story or play; a conversation between characters
What is dialogue?
A word that takes the place of a noun
What is a pronoun?
The true story of a person's life as told by someone else
What is biography?
A text organization that shows what happens and why
What is cause and effect text structure?
When an author's words don't really mean what they say
What is an idiom?
The person or character who tells the story
What is a narrator?
An action word
What is a verb?
Nonfiction text that informs readers about a topic
What is informational text?
A text organization where a topic is told about with a lot of details supporting one main idea
What is description?
When many words in a sentence all begin with the same sound
What is alliteration?
A problem that the characters in a fictional narrative have to solve
What is conflict?
A word that describes a verb
What is an adverb?