Literature
Poetry
Academic Vocab
Informational Text
Miscellanous
100

What counts as literature?



Poems, dramas, fictional/narrative stories

100

What are the paragraphs of poems called?

Stanzas

100

What word is this the definition of:

An author’s attitude toward the meaning.

Tone

100

What is the sentence in an informational text that tells you what the passage/text is about?

Thesis Statement

100

What should you do in the last ten minutes of a testing period? 

GUESS AND LEAVE NOTHING BLANK! 

200

How do we find theme?  

What does the main character learn from the solving the conflict.

200

What is the purpose of repetition in a poem?

To add emphasis and importance

200

What word is this the definition of:

 The most important point the author tries to make. 

Central Idea

200

Where can a thesis statement be found in an informational text?

In the very beginning or in the very end.

200
What does "contribute" mean in a test question? 

What does a part of the passage ADD to the story or text? 

300

What four things do you use to figure out a character’s traits?

Dialogue

Words/Thoughts

Feelings

Actions

300

What is the type of figurative language makes nonhuman things human?

Personification

300

What word is this the definition of:

Main reason of writing

Author’s Purpose

300

What is the text structure that gives order of events with explicit dates and times?

Chronological Order

300

What is information that supports a claim?  

EVIDENCE

400

How do you know something is a key event or detail?

It involves the protagonist and helps move the plot forward. Or

It helps the protagonist confront their conflict.

400

What is the purpose of metaphors & similes?

To compare two unlikely objects or concepts. To illustrate a meaning. 

Ex. “The sun was a gleaming pearl.” 

400

What word is this the definition of:

To examine the parts and see how they work together? 

Analyze

400

What are all five author’s purposes?

Persuade, 

Inform, Explain

Entertain, Describe

400

What is a strategy to help you figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word?

Context clues or connotation

500

What strategies can be used to figure out the summary of a story?

Answer the Who, What, Where, When, and Why of a story? 

Or

Learn the protagonist, conflicts, and events moving it forward. 

500

What word is this the definition of:

The repetition of sounds at the end of words which produces a musical quality & creates unity. 

Rhyme

500

What word is this the definition of:

To Reveal

Emerged

500

What are the five types of text structure?

Problem & Solution

Compare & Contrast, Chronological/Sequence

Descriptive,  Cause & Effect 

500

Which class is Ms. Rodgers’s favorite?

ALL OF THEM