Reading
Writing
Figurative Language and Literary Tems
Fiction or Non-Fiction
Test Verbs
100

What are the three reason's an author writes? 

Think PIE

To persuade

To inform

To entertain

100

What are the 5 parts of a traditional essay? 

Intro

BP1

BP2

BP3

Conclusion 

100

When the author uses the terms "like or as" to compare two things...

Simile

100

Short Story 

Fiction 

100

To look at the similarities and differences in two texts

Compare and Contrast

200

2 parter: 

What is plot? What are the 3 parts of the plot? 

Plot is what happens in a story. 

Exposition, climax, resolution 


200

What are the five parts of an introduction? 

Hook 

5ws

3 Facts

Claim

3 reasons

200

When the author exaggerates to make a point...

Hyperbole

200

An article

Non-Fiction 

200

To look closely at the evidence 

Examine

300

Dialogue 

When people in the story talk to each other

300

What are the three main types of writing? 

Persuasive

Informational 

Narrative 

300

When the author compares two things by saying something IS something else...

Ex. Life is a highway...

Metaphor 

300

A Poem

Fiction 

300

To decide on the right answer 

Determine 

400

3 Parter: 

What is theme? 

What does develop mean? 

How does the author develop the theme? 


The universal life lesson of a story 

to build or to grow 

plot, character, conflict, relationships, dialogue,and setting


400

What is a claim? 

The point you are trying to prove 

400

When the author gives human characteristics to inanimate objects...

Ex. My heart is smiling 

Personification 

400

A letter 

Non Fiction 

400

Analyze

To dig deep to understand 

500

What is the author's point of view 

What the author is trying to prove to the reader

500

How do you pull apart a prompt? 

Product 

Skill

Details 

500

When the author makes a comparison using a well known reference...

Ex. My puppy is like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Allusion 

500

A speech 

Non-fiction 

500

To take a bunch of texts and make meaning out of many ideas. 

Synthesize 

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