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Figurative Language
Informational Text
Genres
Literature
Skills
100
BANG! BAM! WHIZZZZ! are examples of this.
What is onomatopoeia?
100
The words at the beginning of a section that tell you what that section will be about.
What is a heading/subheading?
100
This is a book about someone else's life.
What is a biography?
100
Where and when a story takes place.
What is the setting?
100
If you are figuring out a word you don't know you'll probably use these...
What are context clues?
200
Her hair was like a waterfall, cascading down her back... is an example of this.
What is a simile?
200
What the text is mostly about.
What is main idea/central idea.
200
This genre could happen but is made-up.
What is realistic fiction?
200
The problem in a story.
What is the conflict?
200
This is the perspective from which a story is told.
What is point of view?
300
This game is a piece of cake... is an example of this.
What is an idiom?
300
This is where you will find a list of the chapters in a book.
What is the table of contents?
300
This genre is made-up however it is based on an event from the past.
What is historical fiction?
300
What happens in a story...the main events.
What is the plot?
300
Using the text to make an educated guess.
What is an inference?
400
He was an animal...is an example of this.
What is a metaphor?
400
The list of all topics in a book (alphabetical order...usually located in the back).
What is the index?
400
This type of story usually has characters that are Gods/Godesses, mystical creatures, and teaches a lesson.
What is a myth?
400
The solution to the problem in a story (comes at the end).
What is resolution?
400
The lesson in a story.
What is the theme?
500
You just won a BAZILLION dollars...is an example of this.
What is a hyperbole?
500
This is where you can find definitions for all of the bold face/italicized words in a text.
What is the glossary?
500
This genre usually has elements such as time travel, aliens, and robots.
What is science fiction?
500
Putting the events in the order that they occurred.
What is sequence or chronological order?
500
When you say something other than what you really mean...often used in poetry.
What is figurative language?