Poetry
Non Fiction Texts
Anagrams
Novels
Idioms
100

a figure of speech that directly compares one thing to another for rhetorical effect.

Metaphor/analogy

100

Are the expression of one person's opinion or viewpoint, they use informal language and they develop a style of their own. They are usually sarcastic.

Editorials, columns and opinion pieces

100

The anagram for: Ruby

Bury

100

The  character in this novel, The Boy on the Wooden Box who saved many Jewish lives.

Oskar Schindler 

100

What is the idiom that means a date where the two people never met before.

A blind date

200

It is a type of short form poetry originally from Japan.  Consists of three phrases that contain  a 5, 7, 5 pattern syllable counting.

Haiku Poem

200

 They normally include a headline, a lead paragraph, who is involved in the situation, what happened, when did it happen, where did it take place, why and how did it happen.

News Report

200

The anagram for: Rotates

Toaster

200

Where does the story, The Breadwinner, take place?

Afghanistan 

200

What is the idiom that means to make an extra effort?

Go the extra mile
300

create a comparison using like and as

Simile

300

They use scandal sheets and feature bold pictorial coverage, murder and gore, sports and about many things but mostly rich and famous people.


Tabloids

300

The anagram for: Research

Searcher

300

follows the Kane siblings, Carter and Sadie, as they discover they are descended from both the pharaohs and magicians of ancient Egypt

The Red Pyramid

300

What is the idiom that expresses that you are not feeling well that day?

Under the weather or feeling blue

400

the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is.


Understatement

400

Are generally the stories in newspapers and magazines. Big Text for the title. Because of their human interest, they attempt to involve the reader emotionally.

Feature Article

400

The anagrams for: Mentors

Monsters

400

Tells the story of 12-year-old Lucy, whose family has just moved to a cottage on a lake in New Hampshire in the summer.

Half a Chance

400

What is the idioms that expresses when something rarely happens.

once in a blue moon

500

It is a poem in which the first letter of each line spells out a word, message or the alphabet.

Acrostic poem

500

Big pages and much text. Use of formal language. Reports the facts and details of the event without the author's opinion.

Broadsheet newspapers

500

The anagram for: Handouts

Thousand

500

It is a fabulous book about a young teenage girl who has been diagnosed with lung cancer and attends a cancer support group.

The Fault in Our Stars

500

What idiom expresses a moment to defuse or clarify an angry, tense, or confused situation by frank discussion.


clear the air