Nonfiction
When you read the captions, charts, graphics & illustrations on the page of non-fiction reading...
What is text features?
In some stories the author goes back to something that happened in the character's life like The Secret in Hatchet.
What is a flashback?
The trees whispered back to the wind is an example of
What is personification?
When the author tells you important facts about a specific event or person
What does it mean to inform?
When the author gives clues about what is happening next.
What is foreshadowing?
He is a tiger about doing yard work is a
What is metaphor?
A no-smoking newspaper ad (Author's purpose)
What is to persuade?
Name the type of fiction that could have taken place in a certain time period.
What is historical fiction?
A book about bunnies and their habitats. (Author's purpose?)
What is to inform?
The author's purpose of nonfiction.
What is to inform?
The water sparkled like diamonds in a example.
What is simile?
What type of reading is "The Wooden Ax"
What is a tall tale?
A fact is something that can be
What is proven?
How the author feels in a selection is known as the ______ of the story.
What is the mood?