Word Study
Genres
Written Responses
Text Features
Elements of Fiction
100

This is a person, place, thing, or idea. 

Noun

100

A genre based on facts, real events, or real people, such as biography or history. 

Nonfiction

100

When you read all of the text and the details together. 

Main Idea

100

This helps a reader know what a chapter is about.

Heading or Title

100

Where and when a story takes place

Setting

200

Two words that have been shortened with an apostrophe to create one word. 

Contraction

200

Stories with fictional characters, but it could happen in real life. 

Realistic Fiction

200

A main idea must (2 answers)

Be a full sentence

Not be a question

200

This helps a reader find specific information quickly. Usually in the front of the book. 

Table of Contents

200

The people or things in a story are called…

Characters
300

This type of word is made from two words combined to make a new one. 

Compound Word

300

This story usually has "crime solvers" 

Mystery

300

Give an example of three different transition words

First, Second, Last, Finally, In Conclusion, Next, For Example (And more! - teacher decides)

300

This helps readers understand what is happening in a photo or illustration.

Caption

300

The events of the story are called…

Plot

400

This type of noun is used in place of a noun. Some examples are I, He, She, They

Pronoun

400

This genre is about a real person

Biography

400

Every sentence should start with a ________ ________ and end with __________.

Capital Letter

Punctuation 

400

This helps a reader understand new words that are important to the text. 

Glossary

400

The part of the story where a conflict occurs. 

Problem

500

This modifies a verb. It interrogates..tells where, when, or how often.

Adverb

500

A true story, written in the style of fiction with a setting, characters, plot, and timeline

Narrative Nonfiction

500

I can tell the difference between paragraphs because each new paragraph is

Indented 

(or separated with a space) 

500

This helps a reader find specific information quickly and easily. Usually in the back of the book. 

Index

500

The part where the conflict is solved. 

Solution or Resolution