Literary Vocabulary
Text Features
Dictionary Skills
Vocabulary Part 1
Vocabulary Part 2
100
chronological or sequence
What is things that are in order?
100
sub-headings or sub-titles
What are heading or titles within a story?
100
syllables
What are parts of a word?
100
editorial
What is an article written to persuade or give an opinion?
100
advantage
What is something that is good?
200
theme
What is the big idea, lesson or message in a text?
200
captions
What are words under a picture?
200
adjective, verb, noun, adverb, preposition
What are parts of speech in a dictionary?
200
myths
What is stories that are not true and try to explain something in nature? They usually have a moral or lesson.
200
disadvantage
What is something that is bad?
300
stance or argument
What is the author's viewpoint or opinion on an issue in a persuasive text?
300
procedural text
What is a text that has steps in order to do something?
300
synonym
What is words that mean the same?
300
biography
What is a story that tells about a person's life?
300
compare
What is to find similarities?
400
exaggerate
What is stretching the truth?
400
stage directions
What are directions for how to perform a play; usually in brackets or parentheses and in italics?
400
antonym
What is words that are the opposite?
400
autobiography
What is a story written by a person about their own life?
400
contrast
What is to find differences?
500
glossary
What is a mini-dictionary at the bottom of a page or at the back of a book?
500
excerpt
What is a piece of a poem or story called?
500
pronunciation
What is how to say a word?
500
bold print
What is dark print for important words?
500
dialogue
What is speaking parts in a play?
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