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Drama
Non-Fiction
Context Clues
Inferences
Passage Strategies
100
When two or more people are talking.
What is a dialogue?
100
A point of view that is told from a distance, like a spectator or observer. You can tell if the author uses "he," "she," or "they."
What is the third person perspective?
100
This prefix means "not"
What is dis or non?
100
This is usually found in the title, introduction, or the first sentence of a paragraph.
What is the main idea?
100
A poem that does not have a rhyming scheme.
What is free-verse poetry?
200
You can tell something is this genre because it has stage directions and dialogue.
What is a drama?
200
This point of view is written from the perspective of the speaker or writer, and uses "I" "my" or "we."
What is first person perspective?
200
This prefix means "again."
What is re?
200
Persuade, inform, or entertain.
What is author's purpose?
200
The first thing you should notice when you begin reading a text.
What is the title?
300
True or False: Only fiction passages have a theme.
False. Everything has a theme, including non-fiction passages, dramas, and poems.
300
This type of non-fiction story is when someone else writes about a real person.
What is a biography?
300
This prefix means "before."
What is "pre"?
300
When you use the words around a new vocabulary word to figure out its meaning.
What are context clues?
300
Another way of saying a fiction text that tells a story.
What is a narrative?
400
Notes in a dramatic text that direct the actors what to do or where to go.
What is stage directions?
400
Something that contains about 3 sentences that convey the main idea about the beginning, middle, and end of a text.
What is a summary?
400
This prefix means after.
What is "post"?
400
These are the sentences that come after a topic sentence.
What are supporting details?
400
Something you can tell about a character based on what he/she says, does, or looks like.
What are character traits?
500
True or False: You can tell something is a drama because it has characters.
False. Non-fiction, poetry and fiction texts also have characters. You can tell something is a drama if it has stage directions though.
500
Something that is not stated, but instead implied, by the author.
What is an inference?
500
Something that is not temporary, or that remains forever.
What is "permanent"?
500
This genre only contains facts.
What is non-fiction?
500
In order to do this, you have to go back to the text and find evidence that supports your answer.
What is justifying your answer?