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Vocabulary
Strategies
Genres
Literary Texts
Informational Text
100

A literary effect that uses things like; "Boom" "Pow" etc

What is onomatopoeia?

100

When you see an underlined word, what should you do?

HIGHLIGHT AND DEFINE.

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

How many times should you read a story?

At least TWICE.

200
Writing that is about facts or real events.
What is non-fiction?
200
A position or perspective (way of seeing things)
What is point of view?
200
The story of a real person's life written by another person.
What is biography?
300
A single line of words in a poem.
What is a line?
300

What should you do if you are not focused on your story or questions and you are zoning out during your reading?

You should take a quick break, drink some water, or stretch to get your blood flowing.

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

Should you try to prove your work for each question?

YES!

400
Stories about how people and societies are affected by imaginary scientific developments in the future.
What is science fiction?
400
To convince a reader of a certain point of view.
What is persuade?
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

Should you be thinking about the genre of your story before, during and after you read? Why?

Yes, because it will help you understand it better.

500
A short story that usually is about animals and is intended to teach a lesson.
What is a fable?
500
To hold the attention of the reader through enjoyment.
What is entertain?
500
Texts that provides instructions on how to do something.
What is procedural text?