Vocabulary
Poetry
Genres
Literary Texts
Informational Text
100
A figure of speech where non-human things are given human-like qualities.
What is personification?
100
This type of poem tells a story. It has characters and a plot.
What is narrative poetry?
100
Written stories about people and events that are not real.
What is fiction?
100
A series of events that form the story in a novel or movie.
What is plot?
100
To teach or give information to the reader.
What is inform?
200
Two or more lines of poetry that form a division of a poem. It is like a paragraph in a story.
What is stanza?
200
This type of poem has no set meter, rhyme scheme, or form.
What is free verse poetry?
200
Writing that is about facts or real events.
What is non-fiction?
200
A position or perspective (way of seeing things)
What is point of view?
200
The story of a real person's life written by another person.
What is biography?
300
A single line of words in a poem.
What is a line?
300
This type of poetry makes you laugh or has witty, funny, or nonsensical humor in it.
What is humorous poetry?
300
A piece of writing that tells a story and is performed on stage.
What is drama?
300
One of the people/things from a story
What is a character?
300
A biography written by the person it is about.
What is autobiography?
400
Words with the same or similar meanings
What is a synonym?
400
This type of poetry has rhyme and expresses feelings. It often has a musical quality.
What is Lyrical Poetry?
400

Stories about historical events with made up narrative stories.

What is historical fiction?

400
To convince a reader of a certain point of view.
What is persuade?
400
The central idea or main point of the passage.
What is main idea?
500
A word that has an opposite meaning to another word
What is an antonym?
500
Descriptive words that the poet uses to create pictures in the readers mind.
What is imagery?
500
A short story that usually is about animals and is intended to teach a lesson.
What is a fable?
500
To hold the attention of the reader through enjoyment.
What is entertain?
500
Texts that provides instructions on how to do something.
What is procedural text?
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