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Genres
Literary Elements
Reading Comprehension
Text Structures
Mixed Up
100
A type of writing that describes imaginary people and events. It is FAKE.
What is Fiction
100
What happens in a story.
What is Plot
100
What an author wants to accomplish in his or her writing. May be to inform, entertain, or persuade readers.
What is Author's Purpose
100
Means to identify how things are alike.
What is Compare
100
Writing that contains real information.
What is Nonfiction
200
A short story that teaches you a lesson.
What is Fable
200
A person, or sometimes an animal, in a story.
What is Character
200
The reason why a reader reads a selection. May be for enjoyment, to learn something, answer questions, to make a decision, or get an idea.
What is Reader's Purpose
200
Means to find out how things are different.
What is Contrast
200
Guesses a reader makes based on clues in the text.
What is Inferences
300
A story with magical characters and events.
What is Fairy Tale
300
Where and when a story takes place.
What is Setting
300
A shortened version of a text, containing only the key points.
What is Summarize
300
Something that makes something else happen.
What is Cause
300
A statement that can be proved true.
What is Fact
400
A story with exaggerated characters and events.
What is Tall Tale
400
The overall message that a writer is trying to present. It might be about happiness, friendship, or growing up.
What is Theme
400
A decision based on facts or information in a passage.
What is Conclusion
400
What happens as a result of the cause.
What is Effect
400
Shows who is telling a story.
What is Point of View
500
A piece of nonfiction writing that describes real-life events.
What is News Article
500
Shows who is telling the story.
What is Point of View
500
A guess a reader makes about what will happen in a story or text.
What is Prediction
500
The sequencing of events in the order in which they occurred.
What is Chronological Order
500
What happens in a story.
What is Plot