Feeling of the Story
If a story uses words like "gloomy" and "sad," the feeling is likely:
What is sad?
In "The two of them went to the store," which word is a number?
What is "two"?
If an author writes to teach you how to make a sandwich, they want to:
What is to inform?
This compares two things using "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
This poem has five lines and follows a special pattern.
What is a limerick?
When an author uses words like "funny" and "silly," the feeling is:
What is happy or funny?
In "I want to go to the park too," which "to/too" means "also"?
What is the second "too"?
When an author writes a story to get you to recycle more, they want to:
What is to persuade?
When you say "The wind whispered," you're giving the wind human traits. This is called:
What is personification?
In poetry, this is two lines that rhyme and are usually the same length.
What is a couplet?
If a text uses words like "scary" and "spooky," the feeling is probably:
What is scary?
This word shows direction, like "to the store".
What is "to"?
If an author writes a funny story about a talking dog, they want to:
What is to entertain?
This compares two things without using "like" or "as".
What is a metaphor?
This is a Japanese poem with three lines and 17 syllables total.
What is a haiku?
When an author uses words like "joyful" and "cheerful," they're creating this feeling:
What is happy?
This word is the number 2.
What is "two"?
When an author shows how to solve a math problem step-by-step, they want to:
What is to instruct?
When you say "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse," you're using this:
What is exaggeration (or hyperbole)?
This type of poem spells out a word using the first letter of each line.
What is an acrostic poem?
If a story uses words like "mysterious" and "puzzling," the feeling is likely:
What is mysterious?
This word means "also".
What is "too"?
If an author writes about how they felt after winning a race, they might want to:
What is to express feelings?
These are words that sound like what they mean, like "buzz" or "hiss".
What is onomatopoeia?
This is when words have the same ending sound in a poem.
What is rhyme?