PSSA Vocabulary Review: Types of Writing

This is the story of a person's life written by him/herself.

• expository

• biography

• autobiography

• haiku

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.7.2D

This is the story of a person's life written by someone other than the subject of the piece.

• expository

• biography

• autobiography

• haiku

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.7.2D

This is writing that is intended to allow the reader to picture the scene or setting of the story. It can be fiction, non-fiction or poetry.

• descriptive

• biography

• autobiography

• prose

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

This is any story that is the product of imagination rather than a story of fact.

• expository

• genre

• non-fiction

• fiction

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

This is a type of poetry that lacks regular metrical rhyme patterns or rhythm patterns.

• fiction

• non-fiction

• haiku

• free verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

This is a category used to classify literary works into different types of writing.

• genre

• propaganda/bias

• author's purpose

• free verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

This is another name for non-fiction text that is written primarily to convey factual information.

• fiction

• haiku

• expository

• genre

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

This is a poem with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern, often about nature.

• expository

• free verse

• haiku

• genre

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

This is text which tells a story and means the same thing as fiction.

• narrative

• expository

• propaganda/bias

• non-fiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

This is writing that is true and factual; the opposite of fiction text.

• haiku

• non-fiction

• fiction

• poetry

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4