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Elements of Reading
Genres
Poetry, Poetry!
Reading
Reading is fun!
100
A statement that is true and can be proven with evidence
What is a fact
100
A story written from the author's imagination
What is ficiton
100
A paragraph in a poem
What is a stanza
100
The most important information of the Beginning, Middle and End
What is Summary
100
A article or passage about your own life
What is an autobiography
200
The reason "why" something happens and "what happens as a result
What is cause and effect
200
Written about someone else's life in chronological order
What is a biography
200
The way a poem rhymes
What is rhyme scheme
200
Events in order that they happen
What is sequencing
200
The solution to a problem in a story
What is a resloution
300
The purpose or reason a character does something
What is motive
300
A story that takes place in ancient Greek or Roman times, characters may have super powers or non-human like characteristics
What is a myth
300
Tommy took his toy truck to Toys 'r us
What is alliteration
300
Type of story that has characters speaking, a narrator and different scenes
What is Reader's Theater
300
Comparing two things using "like" or "as"
What is a similie
400
The way a character looks, acts, what they say and do
What are character traits
400
An article or passage that contains facts of information for the reader
What is non-fiction informational text
400
Upside-down trees swingin' free Busses float and buildings dangle Now and then it's nice to see The world-- from a different angle
What is ABAB
400
Reasons why an author writes: to inform, persuade, entertain, explain
What is Author's purpose
400
A letter, advertisement or passage trying to convince the reader to do something
What is persuasive
500
The big idea or message an author conveys
What is theme
500
A story that has a moral at the end, the characters are animals with human-like characteristics
What is a fable
500
"BAM!" "SPLASH!"
What is onomatopoeia
500
Using your background knowledge and clues from the text
What is an inference
500
Finding the meaning of a word using the information in the text
What is context clues