Takes the place of a person, place, or thing. Used instead of a noun.
What is a pronoun?
100
This text type is used to explain or inform.
What is an expository essay?
100
E.L.A is an acronym for.
What is English, Language, Arts?
100
This genre is the general category where all stories that are made up start from.
What is fiction?
100
This type of writing uses expression of feelings and ideas by using style and rhythm.
What is poetry?
200
Describes a person, place, or thing.
What is an Adjective?
200
This text type is used to persuade or state a position or argument for or against something.
What is an opinion essay?
200
A topic sentence is.
What is sentence in the introductory paragraph that explains the topic and purpose of the essay or paragraph?
200
These articles, publications, information are based off true events, data, or actual experiences.
What is non fiction reading?
200
An exciting, emotional, or unexpected event used in theater, radio, or tv.
What is a drama?
300
Shows action - what the noun or proper noun is doing.
What is a verb?
300
This type of story is used to entertain and comes in many different forms.
What is narrative writing?
300
Personification
What is giving human characteristics or emotions to non human things?
300
This genre is based on events that occurred in the past, but have a fictional story line added.
What is historical fiction?
300
This literary element is used in writing and poetry. It involves the repeating of consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby words.
What is alliteration?
400
Describes a verb and often ends in a -ly, but doesn't have to end in a -ly to be one.
What is an adverb?
400
This literary element is used in all text types to "catch" the reader.
What is a lead, hook, or grabber?
400
Compare and contrast.
What is the same/similar or different about the topic you are reading or writing about?
400
Fables, legends, fairy tales, myths, folklore... and more.
What is a folktale?
400
This type of poetry avoids using fixed patterns of meter and rhymes.
What is free verse?
500
Are not capitalized in between the first and last word of a title.
What are prepositions, articles, and conjunctions?
500
This text type has to have a minimum of three paragraphs to set the beginning, middle, and end of the story and to include all necessary story elements.
What is a narrative?
500
Onomatopoeia
What is the repeating of sounds to enhance description?
500
The main story elements of a narrative story.
What is character, setting, problem, rising action (steps to resolve the problem), climax, solution, conclusion?
500
This type of literature includes narration, no stage sets (may include props), no costumes (maybe a partial costume), no memorization of lines.