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Figurative Language
NonFiction Text Structure
Fiction Elements
Vocabulary
Types of Writing
200

Giving a nonhuman human characteristics

What is personification?

200
Structure that tells the events in order of time, and uses dates or "first," "then," "next" or "finally."

What is Chronological (sequential) Order?

200

where and when an event takes place in a short story

What is setting

200

The prefix "non" as in "nonexistent" means this.

What is "not"?

200

Writing in which the author tries to persuade the reader.

What is argument writing?

400

a direct comparison of two different things

What is metaphor

400

Text structure that tells the similarities and differences between two or more people, places, or things.

What is compare and contrast?

400

the most intense or exciting high point of a short story

What is climax

400

The part of the word that always appears at the beginning of a word (un- as in unable)

What is prefix?

400
Writing where the author tries to inform the reader about a topic?

What is informational writing?

600
extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole
600

This type of writing that discusses issues and ways to solve those issues.

What is problem-solution?

600

the main events of a short story

What is plot

600

The part of a word that can appear at the beginning, middle, or end of a word (mal as in dismal or malignant)

What is the root?

600

Writing that is expressive and uses figurative language in order to convey emotions or ideas in a short way. (Hint: it can sometimes rhyme)

What is poetry?

800
the use of words that sound like what they mean, such as "hiss," "buzz," "slam," and "boom"
What is onomatopoeia
800

This text structure shows how something happened and the results of that happening.

What is cause and effect?

800

the lesson or moral of a story

What is theme

800

The part of the word that is always at the end (-ment as in resentment)

What is suffix?

800

Writing that describes something in great detail in order for the reader to better understand it.

What is descriptive writing?

1000
the repeated use of the same constant at the beginning of words
What is alliteration
1000

Dogs are loyal animals. They are also very easy to train if started young.  Dogs require a lot of time, love, and care to be good pets. 

This is an example of which type of text structure?

What is description?

1000

the perspective from which the story's told

What is point of view

1000

When you do not know the definition and you have to look around the word.

What is context clues?

1000

Writing that breaks down other writing, art, or spoken word and discusses or debates the way that it was written, created, or spoken.

What is analysis writing?