Poems are written in these, rather than complete sentences going across the page.
What is Lines
100
This is the narrator telling the story and uses the pronouns I, me, mine, my, or we.
What is first person
100
This is a set of words that is complete in itself, typically containing a subject and predicate, conveying a statement, question, exclamation.
What is a sentence
100
This is the "big idea" of a story. Teaches us a life lesson or how to act or behave.
What is theme
100
This is writing based on facts, such as biography or history.
What is nonfiction
200
Most poems are divided up into these, or groups of lines together.
What is Stanzas
200
This is used for e-mail messages, presentations, and business and technical writing. Pronouns such as you, your, and yours are used. We use these three pronouns when addressing one, or more than one, person
What is second person
200
This is a group of words that is only part of a sentence and does not express a complete thought.
What is sentence fragment
200
This is a summary sentence that tells what the story is mostly about.
What is main idea
200
These have single words, short phrases, sentences, or paragraphs that accompany illustrations, photographs, or diagrams.
What are caption or labels
300
This refers to the pattern of sounds made by varying the stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem. Remember that most poems have this.
What is Rhythm
300
This is the story being told by an outside observer (someone who is not in the story). The author uses the pronouns he, she, and they.
What is third person
300
A punctuation mark indicating a pause between parts of a sentence. It is also used to separate items in a list and to mark the place.
What is comma
300
This is another term for lesson of the story.
What is a moral
300
This is additional information found in boxes or at the side of the page.
What are sidebars and insets
400
This is a line of poetry or stanza
What is verse
400
This is when readers learn about events as the narrator learns about them.
What is first person
400
These are punctuation marks surrounding a quotation, direct speech, or a literal title or name.
What are quotation marks
400
This can run from book to book, but this is strictly for a particular book.
What is theme
400
This is a shore phrase, sentence, or question that highlights a key point.
What is a heading
500
Poems often use language that creates this. This in a poem is the attitude you feel in it — the writer's attitude toward the subject or audience.
What is tone or mood
500
This is when the author can tell about the thoughts, actions, and feelings of the other characters.
What is third person
500
This is a piece of punctuation use for the omission of letters which usually enable two words to merge together (in other words to show that letters have been removed or are missing.
What is an apostrophe
500
These are Compassion, Acceptance, Courage, Kindness, Cooperation, Honesty, Perseverance, Friendship, Responsibility.
What are character traits
500
This is a visual aid that is either photographed or drawn to help with the understanding of the text.