Vocabulary
Poetry
Genres
Literary Texts
Informational Text
100

What does paraphrase mean?

A. a summary written in your own words

B. the opposite of a word

C. a complete sentence

D. context clues

A. a summary written in your own words

100
This type of poem tells a story. It has characters and a plot.
What is narrative poetry?
100

What is Fiction?

Written stories about people and events that are not real.

100

What is plot?

A. The problem or conflict of a story

B. The Beginning, middle, and ending events of a story.

C. The exposition

D. The resolution

B. The Beginning, middle, and ending events of a story.

100
To teach or give information to the reader.
What is inform?
200

What does key idea mean?

A. a noun

B. the main idea

C. details

D. context clues

B. the main idea

200

What is a stanza?

A. a paragraph

B. a story

C. a poem

D. lines that are grouped in a poem.

D. lines that are grouped in a poem.

200
Writing that is about facts or real events.
What is non-fiction?
200

What is a claim in persuasive texts?

A. The main idea

B. The details

C. What the author thinks and wants to convince the reader of.

D. The point of view

C. What the author thinks and wants to convince the reader of.

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

What is does theme mean?

A. the main idea

B. the details

C. the lesson, moral, or lesson learned

D. the point of view

C. the lesson, moral, or lesson learned.

300
This type of poetry makes you laugh or has witty, funny, or nonsensical humor in it.
What is humorous poetry?
300

What is realistic fiction?

A story that is not real but has realistic characters, settings and events.

300

When I read fiction and poetry what is one important thing that I need to think about

A. About the characters' feelings and how they change.

B. Point of view

C. The problem or conflict

D. All of the above.

D. All of the above.

300

What text structure does an author use when he writes a biography?

Sequence

400

What does infer mean?

A. find the main idea

B. First person point of view

C. To compare and contrast two things

D. To figure out something that the author does not tell you.

D. To figure out something that the author does not tell you.

400
This type of poetry has rhyme and expresses feelings. It often has a musical quality.
What is Lyrical Poetry?
400

What is poetry?

a poem

400

What is persuade?

A. To convince a reader of a certain point of view.

B. To tell a story

C. To inform the readers about a topic

D. To teach a lesson

A. To convince a reader of a certain point of view.

400

The central idea or main point of the passage.

the main idea

500

What does imagery mean?

A. The main idea

B. Character traits

C. Finding the story's plot

D. Descriptive words that the poet uses to create pictures in the readers mind.

D. Descriptive words that the poet uses to create pictures in the readers mind.

500

What is point of view

A. text structure

B. text features

C. the main idea and details of a story

D. the perspective from which the story is being told.

D. the perspective from which the story is being told.

500

What is historical fictions

A story that is fiction but has something about history.
500
To hold the attention of the reader through enjoyment.
What is entertain?
500

What is the author's purpose when he writes a persuasive text?

to persuade