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Genre
Fiction
Nonfiction
Poetry
Word Work
100
biography and informational
What are the 2 nonfiction genres?
100
the turning point or high point of a story
What is the climax of a story?
100
the reason an author writes a story
What is author's purpose?
100
a group of lines in a poem divided by white spaces
What are stanzas?
100
word part added to the beginning of base words
What is a prefix?
200
stories that are basically not true
What is fiction?
200
the problem or struggle in the story
What is the conflict?
200
to tell how things are alike
What is to compare?
200
the pattern of rhyming words usually found at ends of lines in a poem
What is rhyme scheme?
200
word part added to the end of base words
What is a suffix?
300
fairy tales, fables, myths, legends, and folk tales
What are examples of traditional literature?
300
the main character in the story
What is the protagonist?
300
to tell how things are different
What is to contrast?
300
details that appeal to the readers's five senses
What are sensory details?
300
words in the sentence or paragraph that help you figure out the meaning of an unknown word
What are context clues?
400
a made-up story with a connection to history (like real people, places, & events)
What is historical fiction?
400
the message about life
What is the theme?
400
sentence that states what the passage is mainly about
What is the main idea or topic sentence?
400
a comparison between 2 things where one thing is said to be something else
What is a metaphor?
400
words with similar or same meanings
What are synonyms?
500
5 fiction genres
What are realistic fiction, historical fiction, science fiction, fantasy, and traditional literature?
500
the feeling of a story like happy, sad, mysterious, etc
What is mood of a story?
500
information printed under or near pictures and graphic aids
What is a caption?
500
creative use of words and phrases
What is figurative language?
500
a reference book that gives synonyms for words
What is a thesaurus?