Text Features
Main Idea
Story Elements
Important words
Poetry
100

The part of the text that breaks it into different sections


Subheadings

100

What is what the whole story is about called?

main idea

100

What is a short retelling of the story, only including important details?

Summary

100

What the story is trying to teach you

lesson

100

What are the lines of a poem called?

stanza

200

Where can you find the definition of a word in the text?

Glossary

200

Where can you look for the main idea?

in the first or last sentence or paragraph of a text

200

Who the story is about

characters
200

What can you do when you do not know the meaning of a word?

Look AROUND the word

200

What is it called when a poem has a beat to it?

Rhythm

300

What are the words that describe a picture or illustration?

Caption

300

What do you do if the main idea is not in the first or last sentence? 

Find what the WHOLE thing is about

300

Where the story takes place

setting

300

What is it called when words have the same beginning sounds?

Alliteration

300

What is it called when words are repeated?

Repetition

400

How do we know if a word is very important?

It is bolded!

400

Something that supports the main idea

detail

400

answer to the character's problem

solution

400

What is it called when words have the same ending sounds? 

Rhyme

400

Is "She sells seashells by the seashore" an example of rhyme or alliteration?

alliteration

500

What is the difference between an illustration and a picture?

An illustration is drawn; a picture is real and it is taken with a camera

500

What is another word that can replace "main idea"

HINT: __________ IDEA

Central Idea

500

What the characters are trying to solve or find a solution to

problem

500

How do you know a word is important?

It is bold

500

What are the three elements of poetry? HINT: One is rhyme

Rhyme, rhythm, repetition