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Vocabulary
Poetry
Genres
Literary Texts
Informational Text
100

A figure of speech where two things are compared using the word LIKE or AS. 

What is a simile?

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

All of the events in a story. 

What is plot?

100

The author's purpose for writing nonfiction texts. PIE. 

What is inform?

200

A group of lines in a poem. It is like a paragraph in a story.

What is stanza?

200

This type of poem has no rhyming words, no rhythm, and no set pattern to it. 

What is free verse poetry?

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

This tells us who is telling the story. Can tell us if a story is told by a character in the story or an outside observer. 

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

The name of the author of a poem. 

What is a poet?

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

Mini titles in a Nonfiction passage that tell you what a certain section will be about. 

What is a heading?

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

A piece of writing where the author tries to persuade/convince you of something. 

What is an argumentative/opinion text?

400

The author's purpose for writing opinion texts. PIE. 

What is persuade?

400

One sentence that tells you what the entire story is about. 

What is central 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 text that often has rhyming words, rhythm, and can be grouped into stanzas. 

What is a poem?

500

The author's purpose for writing Fiction texts. PIE.

What is entertain?

500

Words underneath a picture that tell you about the picture. 

What is a caption?