Figurative Language
Literary Terms
Informational Terms
Random ELA Questions
Text Structures
100

A comparison between two unlike things that uses the terms "like or as."

What is a simile?

100

the time, place and location of a fictional/literary text

What is setting?

100

Pictures, captions, maps, graphs, timeline, illustrations

What is a text feature?

100

A text structure that goes in time order.

What is chronological order/chronology?

100

States a problem and suggests one or more solutions.

What is Problem and Solution?

200

A comparison between two unlike things that does not use the words "like or as."

What is a metaphor?

200

How a narrator tells the story.  

What is point of view?

200

The author's argument/statement/opinion that they believe to be true.

What is a claim?

200

An educated guess.

What is an inference?

200

Compares two or more people, things, ideas, or events to tell how they are similar and different.

What is compare and contrast?

300

Not to be taken literally. Paints a picture in the reader's mind.

What is figurative language?

300

The most exciting/dramatic part of a story. Also known as "the turning point."

What is the climax?

300

The author’s attitude (what they think/feel) toward a topic or subject. 

Author's Perspective

300

Directly supports the author's central idea.

What are supporting details/text evidence/relevant details?

300

Relates two or more events by examining what happened and why.

What is Cause and Effect?

400

Giving human qualities to non-human things.

What is personification?

400

Never give up on things that are important to you.

What is a theme/theme example?

400

Hints before and after a word, used to determine word meaning.

What are context clues?

400

Topic and point to an informational text.  

What is the the central idea?

400

Organizes details in time order; may include dates, times, or numbered sequences.

Chronological Order/ Sequential Order / Chronology

500

It's raining cats and dogs outside.

What is an idiom?

500

The beginning , rising action, climax, ending/resolution of a story. 

What is the story structure?

500

Evidence used in informational text, to support a central idea. 

What are relevant details?

500

The tree whispered, as the neighbors walked by.

What is personification?

500

Text that gives directions/explains how to do something.

What is sequence?