Genres #2
a story that uses science or technology
science fiction
Tucker writes a story convincing a classmate to join him on his Playstation game
persuade
authors will do this to important words in a text
bold, italics, highlighted, colored text
repeating the same beginning sound in more than two words
alliteration
time and place of the story
setting
text that gives you facts about a subject (bugs, animals, etc.)
informational
Faith tells us how to prepare for a horse competition
explain
where you can find the words and their definitions at the back of a nonfiction text
glossary
a comparison between two unlike things without using "like," "as" or "than"
metaphor
the perspective from which the story
point of view
a story about someone's life written by someone else
biography
Landon is teaching us about an important event in the news
inform
a list of topics and page numbers in a text
table of contents
giving non-human objects human qualities
personification
main lesson to be learned
theme
autobiography
Caylee wants you to know exactly what happens in a Taylor Swift music video
describe
explains what is happening in a photo
caption
the emotional atmosphere created by the author's words
mood
individuals in the story
characters
written in verse that usually rhymes or have a rhythm
poetry
Evan is telling us a story about two fictional characters
tells what the story is going to be about
title
descriptive writing that appeals to the five senses
imagery
the problem the main character faces
conflict