A short text written in addition to a main article that gives additional information about a topic or an idea within the article.
What is a sidebar?
100
A comparison of two things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
100
An author might use this type of organization for explaining how to prepare a recipe.
What is process or procedural order?
100
Novels and short stories are examples of this type of writing.
What is prose?
100
The literal or dictionary meaning of a word.
What is denotation?
200
A type of introduction to a book that is often written by someone other than the book's author.
What is a foreward?
200
A direct comparison of two things.
What is a metaphor?
200
One means to describe similarities and the other means to describe differences.
What is compare and contrast?
200
Using an inference to make an assumption or a judgment based on the information given.
What is drawing a conclusion?
200
The idea or feeling implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning.
What is connotation?
300
A type of introduction written by the author for various purposes.
What is a prologue or preface?
300
Words and phrases in a sentence or paragraph that are understood and can be used to determine a word or phrase that is not understood.
What are context clues?
300
A history book is most likely to be organized in this way.
What is sequential or chronological order?
300
Using an inference to make an educated guess about what will happen next in a story.
What is making a prediction?
300
This is the language usually used for speeches, academic essays, reports, and most non-fiction writing.
What is formal language?
400
A list of books, articles, etc. used as a reference for another document.
What is a bibliography?
400
Words that have opposite meanings, such as "small" and "large."
What are antonyms?
400
An author might use this type of organization in his or her writing when describing the contents of a character's bedroom.
What is spatial order?
400
This means to reword text you have read in your own words.
What is paraphrasing?
400
This is everyday language (the way people speak) and may include slang or idioms.
What is informal language?
500
A note or reference placed at the bottom of a page
What is a footnote?
500
A comparison of two things that are similar in more than one way. Some of the relationships in this type of comparison can be synonyms, antonyms, cause and effect, part to whole, and degree.
What is an analogy?
500
This is an author's reason for writing.
What is the author's purpose?
500
This is an expression that cannot be taken literally, such as the saying, "it's raining cats and dogs."
What is an idiom?
500
An example of this type of language is the word "ain't."