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Fiction
Parts of Speech
Figurative language
Nonfiction
PARCC vocab
100
A time and location that fictional works take place
What is a setting
100
An action word or state of being
What is a verb
100
A comparison using like or as
What is a simile
100
Presenting information in a time order, from first to last or last to first is called this.
What is chronological order
100
The central idea of a given work can also be called this.
What is theme
200
A perspective of a character in the story
What is first person point of view
200
A person, place, thing or idea
What is a noun
200
A type of word that represents a sound
What is onomatopoeia
200
This can be formal, friendly or humorous in a nonfiction essay.
What is the author's style
200
A small piece of a larger piece of writing that usually includes a quote.
What is an excerpt
300
A made up series of events
What is a plot
300
A word that modifies a verb, adjective or adverb
What is an adverb
300
An extreme exaggeration is this type of figurative language
What is a hyperbole
300
This includes the author's heritage, culture and personal beliefs.
What is author's influence
300
Notes that come at the end of a given text are referred to as this.
What is a footnote
400
A message about life
What is a theme
400
A word that shows location and relates a noun or pronoun to another word in a sentence
What is a preposition
400
The City of Ember is the only light in a dark world. This is an example of this type of figurative language
What is a metaphor
400
Letters, biographies, and articles are just a few examples of this.
What is nonfiction
400
This is what you need to establish your claim.
What is evidence
500
The speaker in a fictional story
What is a narrator
500
A word that takes place of a noun
What is a pronoun
500
The trees smiled at the sun, they knew spring was on it's way.
What is personification
500
The three common reasons an author writes is to do this.
What is persuade, inform and entertain
500
Written works that one refers to in able to make a claim and find evidence.
What are sources