Informational
Narratives
Miscellaneous
Plot
Figurative Language
100

What a writer must always do when using ideas or text from another author.

What is give credit to original author or the name of source.

100

Drives the entire plot of a narrative.

What is conflict.

100

A genre in nonfiction which is a story of one's own life.

What is autobiography.

100

The highest point of interest, the place where ideas are drawn together, an important turning point in a series of actions, or the most forceful event in a story.

What is climax.

100

When you compare to unlike things using the words like or as.

What is simile.

200

The text structure of a recipe.

What is sequence of events?

200

The words the characters use in the story.

What is dialogue.

200

A statement, found in most informational texts, that reveals what the entire text is about.

What is thesis.

200
Concludes the action and ensures that all important plot lines have been tied.
What is resolution.
200

The formation or use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.

What is onomatopoeia.

300

The key message in a piece of writing.

What is central idea.

300

Name a decision an author makes related to text structure.

(Teacher decision if answer is correct).

300

Books that are about real things, people, events, and places.

What is nonfiction.

300
The beginning of the story, where the characters and setting are introduced.
What is exposition.
300

Your favorite ELA teacher that you had in 6th grade.

Who is Ms. Toothman.

400

The effect of this sentence: The wasteful energy use of many Americans has contributed to global warming.

What is global warming.

400

This includes the weather, time, and year.

What is setting.

400

The reason an author wrote a text: persuade, inform, entertain.

What is author's purpose?

400
Events in a story that build up the conflict.
What are rising action events?
400

Language that is not meant to be taken literally.

What is figurative language.

500

To quote, summarize, or paraphrase from a reliable source to back up your own ideas when writing.

What is a provide text evidence?

500

The clues readers can look for to help them determine the meaning of an unknown word or phrase in a text.

What are context clues.

500

A prefix which means 'life'.

What is bio?

500
Events that lead up to the resolution of a story.
What are falling action events.
500

Giving an object or an animal human traits.

What is personification.