This genre has animals with human characteristics, such as talking, and teaches a lesson. Many were told by Aesop and retold or adapted by another author.
What is a fable?
100
A word that means about the same as another word
What is a synonym?
200
true stories about real people such as The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Cole and A Picture Book of Benjamin Franklin by David Adler
What is a biography?
200
to figure something out that the author doesn't tell you by using clues and your schema/background knowledge
What is infer (or conclude)?
300
This type of text is written to teach or inform and has many facts. It may have photographs with captions, headings, maps, graphs, charts, diagrams or other features.
What is informational?
300
when an author is trying to get the reader to do something by using words such as should, must, very important, and need
What is persuade?
400
This genre has believable characters, setting, and events but it is a made-up story, such as Ramona Quimby books (The Extra-Good Sunday) and Owl Moon.
What is realistic fiction?
400
this paragraph includes the most important ideas, details, and facts written in the order nonfiction text; it does not include anything that is not important
What is a summary?
500
This type of story has characters, setting, and/or events that could not happen such as How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
What is a fantasy?
500
these are words that sound alike but may have a different spelling; they have a different meaning.
Examples: hare and hair
night and knight
knew and new