Literature
Figurative Language
Writing
Vocabulary
Nonfiction Text
100

Synonyms would be a main idea or main point.

What is a central idea?

100

Example: The trees sighed in the afternoon breeze. 

What is personification?

100

The organization of a piece of writing.

What is structure?

100

Two words that have the same meaning.

What is a synonym?

100

A factual information genre.

What is explanatory or informative? 

200

The specific order of a series of events that form a story; a storyline.

What is a plot?

200

Example: Recess was a zoo!

What is a metaphor?

200

The attitude of an author expressed through the author's choice of words and language.

What is tone?

200

Two words that have opposite meaning.

What is an antonym?

200

Features an author uses to organize the text. Examples - a topic sentence, an introduction, body paragraphs, headings, footnotes, italics, or graphics.

What are textual features?

300

If a story is about two friends who like to do things together, then the ________________ of the story might be the importance of friendship.

What is a theme?

300

Example: My father can lift two tons!

What is a hyperbole?

300

This appeals to the emotions

Pathos

300

The exact dictionary definition of a word.

What is denotation?

300

What is the author's 3 purposes for writing? 

What is author's purpose?

To persuade (argumentative)

To inform (informational or explanatory)

To entertain (stories, narratives)

400

The exact words a character is saying. Each time a new character speaks, a new paragraph begins.

What is dialogue?

400

Example: The beautiful butterfly blew by the bay. 

What is alliteration?

400

This appeals to Logic

Logos

400

The implied meaning. The meaning the author intended. The nonliteral meaning.

What is connotation?

400

Statements that can be proven. Statements that aren't arguable.

What is a fact?

(vs. opinion)

500

Stories have conflicts/problems; this gives the reader a solution to the problem.

What is a resolution?

500

Example: The new student is a regular Einstein.

What is an allusion?

500

This appeals to Influence and credibility.

Ethos

500

To come to a reasonable conclusion based on evidence found in the text. To make an educated guess based on clues or evidence from text.

What is implicit? -OR- What is an inference?

500

Reasoning that makes sense and follows some sort of logic.

What is sound?