Poetry
A pattern of words that flow over a page with rhythm and regularity.
What is rhythm?
A magical type of story that often involves fantasy, magic, and things that come in three's. The setting is often a magical kingdom where there are royal characters.
What is a fairy tale?
A storm blew down three trees in our yard! As a result, we had branches, leaves, and limbs all over the yard, and no shade for the entire long, hot summer.
What is cause and effect?
If the author wants you to see a small thing, or to zoom in on a tiny detail, he will often use this text feature to assist the reader.
What is Magnification?
This is a major break in the script of a drama. It has its own setting. OFten the curtains close after this is over.
What is an act?
Words that have the same ending sound usually found at the end of a line.
What is rhyme?
What is a Mystery?
Junior high teachers have shorter times to prepare their students than elementary teachers, who may have a block schedule, which is a 90-minute period for the subject taught.
What is Compare and Contrast?
Readers often encounter new words as they read new material. Some authors include this to assist the reader to properly learn new words and how to speak them.
What is a Pronunciation Guide?
A smaller part of an act. An example might be a ____ where the actors are singing a song, or at the dining table, or even arguing about the remote control.
What is a scene?
This type of poem has little or no structure, rhyme, or rhythm.
What is free-verse?
This type of story is a retelling of a person's own life.
What is an autobiography?
Yellowjackets often build their nests in very inconvenient places. Porches, behind signs, and under your home's eaves are all good places to find nests. The best time to remove these nests is in the evening or early morning when all of the insects are on the nest. Homeowners have found good success in knocking the nest loose and dropping it into warm soapy water.
What is Description?
This informational text feature allows you to see inside of something to have a better understanding of the inner workings of an object.
What is a Cross-Section?
This is a tool that almost all authors use to enhance their writing by making it more vivid, understandable, or interesting.
What is Figurative Language?
A comparison between two objects without using any comparison words.
What is a metaphor?
This type of story has exciting or unusual circumstances in which characters are faced with hazardous situations that endanger their survival.
What is an adventure?
The first step in decorating a living room is to consider the floor treatment. Next, wall and windows are planned, and then furniture is selected along with any decorative items.
What is Sequencing?
Each book has words that a reader does not know. The same book may have a place where a person can go to look up those words. What is this place?
What is a Glossary?
The author who creates interesting characters, intricate conversations, and attention-grabbing scenery, probs, and costumes in the form of a play.
What is a playwright?
A repeated line or group of words in a poem.
What is a refrain?
This is a story written by an individual to tell about times that are actually true to life, but it will be written in a story form.
What is a personal narrative?
The Burmese python population in Florida is out of control in many areas. The Florida State Wildlife and Fishery Service has created a contest to entice hunters to bag as many as they can. The person or group that has the heaviest amount in pythons can win $10,000.00 during the contest!
What is Cause and Effect?
This allows a reader to see everything printed inside the book, in an ABC format, with page numbers. It is found at the back of the book.
What is an index?
Often in a play, the audience figures out the _____ by listening intently to what each character says, does, and how they act. Events in the play also contribute to the development of this.
What is the plot?