Genre
Vocabulary
Examples of figurative language
Figurative Language
ELA Vocabulary
100

an informational video is also known as..

media or documentary

100

Sidebars, subheadings, graphics, and boxed features are examples of

What are text features? 

100

She's happy as a clam

Simile

100
Comparison that does not use "like or as"

What is a metaphor? 

100

Events in a story

What is plot

200

Includes many forms, such as sonnets, odes, elegies, free verse...

What is poetry

200

When text is not explicit, it's ______

Implicit

200

The sky misses the sun at night

What is personification

200

An extreme exaggeration

What is a hyperbole?

200

A logical or educational guess

Infer

300

Realistic fiction that is set in the past and includes real places and real events. 

What is Historial Fiction

300

The lesson or moral of the story

Theme

300

I told you a million times to do your work!

Hyperbole

300

Human like traits given to animals or inanimate objects

What is personification?

300

In a plot, the characters and setting

What is exposition

400

Text that presents facts and information

What is informational text

400

lines spoken between characters

Dialogue

400

The world is my oyster

What is a metaphor

400

An expression whose meaning is different from the meaning of its individual words. Should not be taken literally

What is an idiom

400

reasonable guesses based on  what you know from experience or background information.

Prediction

500

Contain the basic elements of setting, plot, conflict theme and character, but in a shortened length. 

What is a short story

500

In any type of poetry, this is the voice that "talks" to the reader. 

Who is the speaker

500

We're up, wide-eyed, and wondering while we wait for others to awaken.

What is alliteration

500

Vivid description that appeals to our senses

Imagery

500

How the author constructs their text

What is an organizational pattern