ELA Review

Sub-Genre Types

100

This genre is based on events or information that is real

Non Fiction

200

This type of genre is often written in stanzas

Poetry

300

This type of genre is often based on someone's own  life

Memoir

400

This genre often involves stories about tradition and magical creatures or gods

Myth

500

This type of subgenre is a fictional story based on real people. It is a tale told by by "people" making it a...

Folktale

Text Features

100

This text feature often includes small sections of a text that are in bold and separate pieces of a text based on topic

Subheading

200

This text feature often includes a small number above a word to define it at the end of the text

Endnote

300

This text feature is when numbers are used in a non fiction text to help support a claim 

Non Fiction

400

This text feature may be a photograph of something. Although normally used in Social Studies, this can also be seen in ELA

Secondary Source

500

This text feature is when a visual picture is given to support statistics, this is normally used in Math

Graph

Literary Devices

100

This technique is used when an object is used to represent an emotion or idea

Symbolism

200

This technique is used when a comparison is made without using like or as

Metaphor

300

This technique is when an author's opinion or emotions are showing through how the text is written

Tone

400

This technique is when the words in a text make the reader feel a certain emotion

Mood

500

This literary technique is when one line in a poem moves to the next without punctuation

Enjambment

Essays

100

This part of your essay is used to get someone interested in your topic

Hook

200

This part of your essay is where you are explaining your reasons why your answer is correct

Analysis

300

This part of your essay is the "main argument" 

Thesis Statement

400

This part of your essay is where you are using the text to support your claim

"Evidence"

500

This part of your essay is where you are using background information to introduce the topic

Context

Pop Culture

100

This female rapper often wraps about herself in a confident way with her catchphrase "Like grah"

Ice Spice

200

This tag-line is sometimes used for new yorkers to greet each other; you have to respond with the exact same thing

"Yerr"

300

You're at the bodega, and its lunch time, there is only one thing to order. "Ayo, let me get a..." 

Chopped Cheese

400

This abbreviation is used to reference popular sneakers that have a figure of a basketball player on their side

"Jays"

500

This website is often used, (although it should not be), by students when they are trying to play games on laptops

Unblocked Games