Genre
Narrative Nonfiction
What is told in the form of a story, may express author's opinion, presents facts, includes text features
Stanza
What is two or more lines of poetry that together form a unit of a poem
Amendments
What is formal changes made according to official procedures
Cause and Effect
What is something that happened and what happens because of it
Idiom
What is a phrase or expression whose meaning cannot be understood from the separate words in it, example "in a nutshell"
Fantasy
What is a type of fiction story that has characters, settings, events that could exist in real life, maky include illustrations
Denotation
What is the basic definition of a word
Campaign
What is a series of actions planned and carried out to bring about a particular result
Point of View
What the narrator thinks or feels about characters or events in a story, could be told from first or third person point of view
Simile
What is comparing two things using "like" or "as"
Historical Fiction
What has realistic characters, events, and settings. It is set in the past and based on real events, has dialogue
Connotation
What is a meaning of a word in addition to its literal meaning
Decade
What is a period of ten years
Ask and Answer Questions
What is asking questions that can help you better understand new information
Metaphor
What is comparing two things NOT using "like" or "as"
Expository Text
What explains facts and information about a topic, includes text features
Repetition
What is repeated words or phrases in a poem
Sliver
What is a thin, often pointed piece that has been broken, cut, or torn off
Theme
What is the main message or lesson in a story or poem
Synonyms
What is words that have the same or similar meanings
Realistic Fiction
What tells a story and has characters settings and has real events that could happen
Narrative Poem
What tells a story and has characters, can be fictional or real events, may be written in stanzas
Truimph
What is a great victory or success
Reread
What is to reread a portion of text to gain a better understanding
Antonyms
What is words that have the opposite meaning