Poetry Devices
More Poetry Devices
Nonfiction
Text Features
Text structures
100
A word that represents a sound...Boom! Pow! Screech!
What is onomatopoeia?
100
The rhyming pattern of a poem.
What is a rhyme scheme?
100
If I want to find part of the central idea, where can I look?
What is the title?
100
What is a photograph?
100
The author is describing the life cycle of a frog.
What is a description?
200
This is when the end sounds are the same. For example, understand- land
What is rhyme?
200
When a poet uses a sequence of words with the same beginning sounds. For example, the big, brown bear.
What is alliteration?
200
Nonfiction is based on...
What are facts?
200
The words that describe a photograph?
What is a caption?
200
The author is talking about pollution and how we can solve it.
What is problem and solution?
300
When the poet repeats a word or phrase. For example, the rain came down, down, down
What is repetition?
300
When a poet compares things without like or as. For example, "Time is a thief."
What is a metaphor?
300
When reading my nonfiction passage, I need to ____ each paragraph.
What is hashtag or summarize?
300
These are titles of sections within a passage.
What are headings?
300
The author discusses the similarities and differences between hurricanes and tornadoes.
What is compare and contrast?
400
When the author uses words or phrases to help us see, feel, or hear something. For example, "The cold wind brushed my face."
What is imagery?
400
When a poet exaggerates something. For example, "It is taking FOREVER!"
What is hyperbole?
400
When I am summarizing nonfiction, I use the ___ of all the sections.
What is main idea
400
This is EXTRA information related to the story. It might take the form of a table or chart.
What is an inset
400
The author is showing what happens after a flood.
What is cause and effect?
500
When the poet compares things using like or as. For example, "It was like a freezer outside," or "It was hot as an oven".
What is a simile?
500
What are the sections of a poem called?
What are stanzas?
500
Which is NOT a form of nonfiction?
A. Biography
B. Folktale
C. Autobiography
D. History
What is B, folktale?
500
A picture with labels is called a ____.
What is a diagram?
500
The author is describing events in the order they occur.
What is sequencing or chronological order?