Poetry
Genres
Literature
Literature 2
Nonfiction Text Features
100
a poem where the first letter of each line spells out a word or message
What is acrostic
100
a story written by a person who is telling the events and story of his own life
What is autobiography
100
the reason an author writes a text
What is author's purpose
100
a belief that does not have to be supported by facts
What is opinion
100
print that is darker so it will stand out
What is bold print
200
the repetition of the same consonant sound in a series of words
What is alliteration
200
a story that contains the real events in a real person's life
What is biography
200
how the author views his topic
What is authors perspective/ point of view
200
how a problem in the story is solved
What is problem resolution
200
small dots that begin a short descriptive phrase
What is bullets
300
a five-line poem with 2, 4, 6, 8 and 2 syllables
What is cinquain
300
give facts and information about a topic
What is expository text
300
why something happens
What is cause
300
where and when a story takes place
What is setting
300
a description under a picture that gives information often not found in the text
What is caption
400
diamante
What is a poem in the shape of a diamond
400
stories that have animal characters that talk and act as people do. There is usually a moral, or lesson, at the end of the story
What is fable
400
chronology
What is order events happen
400
the order that events happen in a story
What is sequence
400
diagram
What is a drawing with the parts labeled
500
free verse poem
What is a poem that has no rhyme patter and/or irregular meter
500
folktale
What is a store based on the transitions of people or region, passes down from generation to generation
500
compare and contrast
What is when you look for similarities and differences
500
stage directions
What is instructions written into a play, that tell the actors what to do
500
glossary
What is an alphabetical listing of words with definitions related to the content of the book
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