Nonfiction Vocabulary
It is the writer's position on an issue or problem.
What is CLAIM?
An organized binder is like a breath of fresh air.
What is SIMILE?
You should buy a ticket to the Spring Fling Dance! There will be a D.J. playing the best music in town, a concession stand featuring yummy food and a dunking booth. This is sure to be the most amazing event of the year. Anyone who's anyone will be there. Don't be left out, buy your ticket today!
What is PERSUADE?
Words that sound alike; rain and pain.
What is RHYME?
A story that is written with make believe characters and events; not real.
What is FICTION?
Kairos, Ethos, Logos, and Pathos are called this...
What are PERSUASIVE APPEALS?
The moon is a lamp in the sky.
What is METAPHOR?
An Iberian Oil Tanker capsized in the Pacific Ocean today spilling millions of gallons of oil. Clean up crews have been working nonstop to assess the damage.
What is INFORM?
A paragraph in poetry.
What is STANZA?
When someone writes the story of their own life.
What is AUTOBIOGRAPHY?
The way an informational text is organized.
What are TEXT STRUCTURES?
This is when a writer exaggerates to emphasize a point.
What is hyperbole?
As Johnny walked through the dark tunnel, he could hear water dripping and a faint hum in the distance. The tunnel was dark, eerie and mysterious. Who knows what lurked inside it? Suddenly, Johnny felt something pulling at his leg!
What is ENTERTAIN?
Poem that tells a story.
What is narrative poetry?
To retell about what you read in a paragraph.
What is SUMMARIZE?
Captions, footnotes, and glossary are all example of
What are TEXT FEATURES?
That book really speaks to me.
What is PERSONIFICATION?
Author's purpose for poetry is always...
What is to ENTERTAIN?
Lines that are REPEATED over and over in a poem.
What is REFRAIN?
When someone uses what they already know, applies it to an new situation and makes an educated guess.
What is INFERENCE?
When you make a decision based in the facts you read in the article...
What is DRAWING CONCLUSIONS?
I have so much homework that it will take me a million years to finish it all.
What is HYPERBOLE?
What is the AUTHOR'S PURPOSE of a nonfiction text?
What is INFORM?
When a poet uses words that appeal to the readers sense of vision, taste, touch and smell.
What is IMAGERY?
The moral lesson that a story or poem tries to teach.
What is THEME?