Literary Texts
Informational Texts
Vocabulary
Figuartive Language & Poetry
Writing
100
The location and time in which a story takes place.
What is the setting?
100

A place to find the definition of a word

dictionary

100
A word that means almost the same thing.
What is a synonym?
100
"The tiny white flowers dotted the morning mountainside like patches of snow" is an example of this.
What is a simile?
100
A piece of writing that tells a story. It has characters, settings, and a plot.
What is a narrative?
200

This is when a character is talking to another character.

What is dialogue?

200

Informational texts are usually what genre?

non-fiction

200
A word that means the opposite.
What is an antonym?
200
"The stars were candles guiding the weary travelers" is an example of this.
What is a metaphor?
200
This type of writing convinces the reader to do something or to agree with something.
What is persuasive writing?
300

The part of the story where the characters and setting are revealed

exposition 

300
A passage that is explained in order of when the events happened uses this text structure.
What is sequence?
300
This word means central idea?
What is a main idea?
300
"This cat weights a ton" is an example of this.
What is a hyperbole?
300
This type of writing provides facts and explains something.
What is informational or nonfiction writing?
400

This is the part of the story when the suspense peaks and the problem is solved.

climax

400
The first thing you do when you get your passages.
What is a close read?
400
When this is added to the beginning of a root word, it makes a new word and chenges the meaning of the word.
What is a prefix?
400
A penny saved is a penny earned is an example of.
What is adage/proverb?
400

This type of writing is meant to share how the writer feels about a topic

What is opinion writing

500
This is the deeper meaning or the insight the story teaches about life. *Life lesson
What is theme?
500
The paragraph that usually reemphasizes and summarizes the main idea in an informational passage.
What is the last paragraph or conclusion
500
Words that sound the same but have different spellings and different meanings.
What are homophones?
500
It is raining cats and dogs is an example of this.
What is idiom?
500

List 5 good transitional words or phrases

First, Next, Also, In Conclusion, This means that....

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