Literature
Informational Texts
Vocabulary
Plot Elements
Figurative Language
100

The message an author wants a reader to understand

1. Central idea

2. Theme

3. Setting

2. Theme

100

When a text is broken down into sections and those sections have titles, those are called... 

Subheadings

100

What is the meaning of course?

a route, trail or path

100

What is the beginning of a story called?

1. Resolution

2. Climax

3. Exposition

Exposition

100

The wind danced in the breeze with joy.

Personification

200

The storyline of a text:

1. Setting

2. Character

3. Plot

3. Plot

200

A passage that lists the events or steps in a person's life would be:

1. Sequence

2. Cause-effect

3. Problem-solution

1. Sequence
200

What is the meaning of coarse?

Rough, harsh
200

The exposition or beginning includes two things. What are they?

Characters

Setting

200

This dumb day is never going to end. We'll be here FOREVER!!

Hyperbole

300

Most literature texts have this text structure:

1. Problem-solution

2. Descriptive

3. Cause-effect

2. Descriptive

300

How the passage is organized is the... 

1. Plot

2. Conflict

3. Text structure

4. Text feature

3. Text structure

300

The prefix re- means?

Again/back

300
The most intense part of a story where all the action is.

1. Resolution

2. Climax

3. Exposition

2. Climax
300

The bell is a loud trumpet of noise that wakes me daily.

Metaphor

400

Dramas or plays are divided into...

1. Stanzas

2. Scenes

3. Paragraphs

2. Scenes

400

Central idea is...

the main message of the passage

400

What does sturdy mean?

Reliable, strong

400

When and where a story takes place

Setting

400

Polar bears are to ice as cheetahs are to savanna.

Analogy
500

What is the word for when characters speak out loud?

Dialogue

500

A problem-solution text structure does what?

Shows the problem and discusses one or more solutions

500

Why is Ms. MacKay the best teacher?

Answers will vary

500

The ending of a story 

Resolution

500

Tornadoes twirled like violent ballerinas across the Great Plains during the storm in July. 

Simile