Vocabulary
Genre
Themes
Main Ideas
Argumentative
100

These are pieces of information that help you determine what a word or phrase means.

What are context clues?
100

It, Paranormal Activity, The Shining, Halloween, The Conjuring, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre are examples of this type of genre.

What is horror/scary?

100

This is the definition of a theme.

What is a life lesson or moral of the story?

100

It should take this many sentences to state the main idea of a passage.

What is one sentence?

100

The part of an argumentative essay that states your side of the argument.

What is a claim?

200

This is when you make small notes, highlight, underline, or summarize small parts of the text to help analyze and comprehend the passage.

What is annotating?

200

Dumb and Dumber, Elf, Shrek, Leo, Night at the Museum, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and Toy Story could all fall under this genre.

What is a comedy?

200

This is the amount of people that a theme should apply to.

What is everyone?

200

This is an overview of a passage that includes the main idea, characters, setting, and a few main events/ideas of the passage.

What is a summary?

200

The part of an argumentative essay that states the opposing side of the argument.

Counterclaim

300

This is the dictionary definition of a word.

What is denotation?

300

Moana, Soul, Aladdin, Jumanji, Journey 2 the Center of the Earth, and Jungle Cruise could all fall under this genre.

What is adventure?

300

These may be themes of the movie Moana.

What is "Persistence and perseverance can help you achieve your powerful things"?

What is "Follow your heart"?

What is "Listen to your gut"?

What is "Love is a powerful motivator"?


300

This is how many words it should take to state the topic of a passage.

What is 1-3 words?

300

The part of an argumentative essay where you offer information opposing the opposite side of the argument.

What is a rebuttal?

400

This is the feeling associated with a word.

What is connotation? 

400

These may be themes of the movie Coco.

What is "Family is important"?

What is "Follow your dreams"?

What is "We should always forgive"?


400
The part of an argumentative essay that grabs the attention of the audience.

What is a hook?

500

This is from who's perspective a story is told.

ex: 1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person limited, 3rd person omniscient. 

What is point of view?