Fiction
NonFiction
Poetry
Drama
Informational Text
100

This is the sequence of events in a fictional story.

Plot

100

Nonfiction texts are written to give this.

Information/facts

100

A group of lines in a poem is called this.

Stanza

100

The written text of a play is called this.

script

100

A nonfiction text that teaches how to do something.

Procedural text

200

The person telling the story is called this.

Narrator

200

The central idea of a nonfiction text is called this.

Main idea

200

This is the pattern of sounds at the end of lines in a poem.

Rhyme

200

The people in a play are called these.

Characters

200

A graphic used to show data (e.g., bar, pie).

chart or graph

300

This part of a story is where the problem is solved.

Resolution

300

These parts of a nonfiction book help readers locate information (e.g., index, glossary).

Text features

300

A comparison using "like" or "as."

Simile

300

Instructions for actors, often in parentheses or italics.

Stage directions

300

This text structure tells about a problem and how it's fixed.

Problem and solution

400

A struggle between two characters is what type of conflict?

External conflict

400

A smaller section within a text, often under a heading.

Paragraph or subsection

400

The person speaking in the poem.

Speaker

400

A large division of a play.

An Act

400

A box or label that explains a photo or graphic.

Caption

500

These are traits that describe a character’s personality.

Character traits

500

These are reasons an author writes: to persuade, inform, or entertain.

Author's purpose

500

A phrase that appeals to the five senses.

Imagery

500

A character’s spoken words.

Dialogue

500

The order in which events happen.

Chronological order

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