Author's Purpose
Genres
Story Map
Figures of Speech
Literature Hodgepodge
100
comic book
What is to entertain
100
A story that is completely made up (not true)
What is fiction
100
most important people or animals in a story
What are main characters
100
comparison using like or as
What is a simile
100
life lesson taught by a story
What is the theme
200
textbook
What is to inform
200
Anything that is true
What is nonfiction
200
events in the story
What is the plot
200
comparison using a state of being verb (is, was, etc.)
What is a metaphor
200
most important idea of a book, story, or paragraph
What is main idea
300
a commercial
What is to persuade
300
Story of someone's life, written by another person
What is a biography
300
events happening before the climax (going up the pyramid)
What is rising action
300
giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects
What is personification
300
to "sum up" what is most important
What is to summarize
400
telephone directory
What is to inform
400
Story of your life, written by you
What is an autobiography
400
happens after the climax (going down the pyramid)
What is falling action
400
figure of speech not meant to be taken literally, such as "The cat's got your tongue".
What is an idiom
400
put into your own words
What is to paraphrase
500
"Vote for Me" advertisement
What is to persuade
500
characters are made up, but the time period is real
What is historical fiction
500
point at which the reader can predict how the story might end
What is climax
500
stretching the truth, as in "I caught a fish ten feet long!"
What is hyperbole
500
a plan for writing, using Roman numerals and letters to organize thoughts
What is an outline
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