Vocabulary
Poetry
Genres
Literary Texts
Informational Text
100
A figure of speech where non-human things are given human-like qualities.
What is personification?
100
This type of poem tells a story. It has characters and a plot.
What is narrative poetry?
100
Written stories about people and events that are not real.
What is fiction?
100
A series of events that form the story in a novel or movie.
What is plot?
100

A text feature that helps the reader understand a picture or photograph.

What is a caption?

200
Two or more lines of poetry that form a division of a poem. It is like a paragraph in a story.
What is stanza?
200
This type of poem has no set meter, rhyme scheme, or form.
What is free verse poetry?
200
Writing that is about facts or real events.
What is non-fiction?
200

This type of traditional literature explains things in the world (gods and goddesses)

What is a myth?

200
The story of a real person's life written by another person.
What is biography?
300

Words that sound the same but are spelled differently.

What are homophones?

300
This type of poetry makes you laugh or has witty, funny, or nonsensical humor in it.
What is humorous poetry?
300
A piece of writing that tells a story and is performed on stage.
What is drama?
300
One of the people/things from a story
What is a character?
300
A biography written by the person it is about.
What is autobiography?
400
Words with the same or similar meanings
What is a synonym?
400
This type of poetry has rhyme and expresses feelings. It often has a musical quality.
What is Lyrical Poetry?
400
Stories about how people and societies are affected by imaginary scientific developments in the future.
What is science fiction?
400

When and where a story takes place.

What is the setting?

400
The central idea or main point of the passage.
What is main idea?
500
A word that has an opposite meaning to another word
What is an antonym?
500
Descriptive words that the poet uses to create pictures in the readers mind.
What is imagery?
500
A short story that usually is about animals and is intended to teach a lesson.
What is a fable?
500

The Tortoise and the Hare is an example of what type of traditional literature.

What is a fable?

500

This text feature helps the reader identify topics and the order they go in.

What is a table of contents?