The time and place in which a narrative (story) takes place.
What is setting?
100
A figure of speech that compares two unrelated things without using the words "like" or "as"
What is a Metaphor?
100
Stories that have some elements that could not be possible or happen in the real world, such as magic, time travel, or talking animals.
What is fantasy fiction? OR What is Science fiction?
100
The name for Max's bedroom
What is the Downunder?
100
Writing that tells about real people, places, and events
What is non-fiction?
200
The solution to the problem (conflict) in the story that takes place after the story's climax.
What is the resolution?
200
A word or phrase used in special way that may be different from the literal meaning of each idividual word.
What is an idiom?
200
Stories that can be true to life but are mostly made up.
What is realistic fiction?
200
The book that Freak loves. In the movie Freak make Max read this book.
What is King Aurthur?
200
Parts that are common to all stories, such as plot, character, conflict, setting, etc.
What are story elements?
300
A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a story.
What is conflict?
300
The main idea throughout a piece of literature.
What is Theme?
300
The Author tells the story of their own life
What is an autobiography?
300
Freak's word for the truth, the whole truth, the truth that can't be destroyed.
What is Unvanquished?
300
A figure of speech in which nonhuman objects such as ideas, objects, or animals are given human characteristics (e.g., “flowers danced about the lawn”)
What is personification?
400
A person, animal, or imaginary creature that takes part in the action of a narrative (story).
What is a character?
400
The use of words that sound like the thing that they are describing (e.g.: ring, buzz)
What is Onomatopoeia?
400
Stories that take place in the past and are based on true facts, but parts of them are made up.
What is Historical Fiction?
400
The reason Max went quietly with his father on Christmas Eve.
What is to protect Grim and Gram?
400
Characteristics of text, such as chapter titles, subheadings, captions, pictures, and bold face words.
What are text features?
500
The high point of interest in the plot of the story.
What is a story climax?
500
An extreme exaggeration or over-statement used for emphasis (e.g.: “I am so hungry I could eat a horse”)
What is hyperbole?
500
Writing that makes an argument on an issue and is meant to convince the reader to agree with the author
What is Persuasive?
500
The title of the chapter when Gwen tries to tell Max that he looks just like his father.
What is Spitting Image?
500
When a character narrates the story with "I-me-my-mine" in his or her speech or writing