Genres
A written account of another person's life
What is a biography ?
Story about fairies or other magical creatures, usually for children.
What is a tale ?
The person who writes a literary work
What is an author?
A piece of drama. It can be a comedy or a tragedy.
What is a play?
An implicit, implied, or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated, but which share some common characteristics
What is a metaphor ?
The history of a person’s life, written or told by that person
What is an autobiography ?
A story in which unreal things happen: animals can talk, people have supernatural powers ....
What is a fable ?
A person who writes a piece of poetry
What is a poet ?
A person represented in a book
A character
A comparison, showing similarities between two different things. It draws resemblance with the help of the words “like” or “as.” Therefore, it is a direct comparison.
What is a simile ?
A piece of literature that can be divided into verses and usually rhymes
What is poetry ?
Story based on impact of actual, imagined, or potential science, usually set in the future or on other planets.
What is science fiction?
A person who writes a play
What is a playwright ?
The author of a novel
What is a novelist ?
The word at the end of a line has the same last sound as a word at the end of another line
What is a rhyme ?
A story meant to be acted on stage
What is drama ?
Story with fictional characters and events in a historical setting.
What is historical fiction?
Part of the book giving information on its content.
It usually presents the story of the author
What is a back cover ?
The story of a book
what is a plot ?
Repetition of sounds produced by vowels within a sentence or phrase
What is an assonance ?
A story that can actually happen and is true to real life.
What is realistic fiction?
Fiction in which events evoke a feeling of dread in both the characters and the reader.
What is Horror ?
Part of the book that shows the name of the author, the title and an illustration
What is a front cover ?
The most important or exciting point in astory or situation, especially when this happens near the end
What is a climax ?
A number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series.
Example:
What is an alliteration ?