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Vocabulary
Fiction
Nonfiction
Poetry
Wild Card
100
Letters that come at the beginning of the word that change a word's meaning (for example "un")
What is a prefix
100
The problem in the story
What is conflict?
100
A heading under the title that tells more about what the the writing is about.
What is subtitle?
100
A comparison using like or as.
What is a simile?
100
What you should use to start your short answer.
What are key words from the question?
200
Letters that come at the ending of a word that can change its meaning (for example, "tion"
What is a suffix?
200
The main idea or lesson in a story.
What is theme?
200
Where you can find what words in the book mean.
What is glossary?
200
When an object stands for something else. For example, a rose might stand for beauty.
What is a symbol?
200
What are another name for the paragraphs in poetry?
What are stanzas?
300
Clues in the story that help you figure out a word
What are context clues?
300
It can be first person or third person.
What is point of view?
300
Definitions at the bottom of a page.
What are footnotes?
300
"My friend is a box of treasure" is an example of a....
What is metaphor?
300
Educated guesses
What are inferences?
400
Why you need to read the passage to make sure you have the right word?
What is because words in English can have multiple meanings.
400
Where and when the story takes place.
What is setting?
400
A type of organization that goes in time order.
What is chronological?
400
When words have the same ending sounds
What is rhyme?
400
The three different types of author's purpose
What are entertain, persuade, and inform
500
The language where the English word comes from
What are word origins?
500
The most exciting part of a story.
What is climax?
500
A tool at the back of the book that tells you where to find more information about the subject.
What is appendix?
500
Words that appeal to taste, smell, touch, sound, or sight
What are sensory details?
500
The words that characters speak to each other
What is dialogue?