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Nonfiction
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Reading
Poetry
Genre
100

This is what a section or selection is mostly about. We prove this with supporting details. 

Central idea or Main idea

100
When you see an underlined word, what should you do?
STOP, DRAW A LINE, AND DEFINE.
100
What is theme?
The message, lesson or morale that the story is trying to teach you.
100

What kind of poem expresses emotions or feelings and sometimes sounds like a song?

Lyrical.

100

This genre may have characters, setting, problem, solution and dialogue.

Fiction

200

You should always look at and read these and ask yourself why the author included them.

Print / text / graphic features

200
How many times should you read a story?
At least TWICE.
200
What does conclude mean?
To decide after you read.
200
What are the paragraphs of lines in a poem called?
A stanza
200
This genre may contain cast of characters, stage directions and tells a story.
Drama or a play
300

These describe the photographs and contain important information that may not be anywhere else in the text.

captions

300

What should you do if you are not focused on your story or questions and you are zoning out during your reading?

You should take a quick mental break in order to focus again.

300

How do you prove that an answer is not the correct answer?

Put an x over or mark out the part that makes the answer wrong. (Don't just put an x over the answer choice.)

300
What kind of poem does NOT rhyme?
Free verse.
300
This genre might contain photographs, diagrams, timelines and facts.
Non-fiction
400

A nonfiction summary will contain all the _____ of the selection, leaving out unimportant details.

main ideas

400
Should you try to prove your work for each question?
YES!
400
True or False. A summary describes the main idea (nonfiction) and or/ conflict, climax, resolution (fiction)
TRUE.
400
What is a comparison using like or as?
Simile
400
Contains lines, stanzas and might rhyme.
Poetry
500

These features help the reader know what a specific section of nonfiction text will be about. We make a jot beside them for the main idea of the section.

Headings

500

Should you be thinking about the genre of your story before, during and after you read? Why?

Yes! You will look for different things in different genres.

500
Gentle, caring and brave are all what?
Character traits.
500
Name the type of poem that tells a story?
A narrative poem.
500
A story of a real person's life written by another person.
Biography.