Fiction
The Basics
Figurative Language
Literary Terms
Author's Purpose
100

The sequence of the events that happen in a story.

What is Plot?

100

A person, place or thing.

What is a Noun?

100

After eating candy, Billy ran around like a chicken with his head cut off.

What is a Simile?

100

Two people speaking back and forth. It involves quotes.

What is Dialogue?

100

A story about a family trying to stick together and survive through the Great Depression in the Midwest in the 1930s.

What is Entertain?

200

The person, animal or figure in a work of literature.

What is Character?

200

Action word.

What is a Verb?

200

My computer hates me.

What is Personification?

200

When a character sees something from their perspective.

What is Point of View?

200

A booklet containing the school rules and the consequences for violating those rules.

What is Inform?

300

The problem or struggle in a work of fiction.

What is Conflict?

300

A word that describes a person, place or thing?

What is an Adjective?

300

The crook was as sly as fox.

What is a Simile?

300

Character vs. self

Character vs. nature

Character vs.society

Character vs. technology

What is Conflict?

300

The story of a young athlete who takes steroids and his life and future fall apart.

What is Entertain?

400

I was driving from Greenville to Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It was early dawn and the month was October.

This is an example of ...

What is Setting?

400

The main point or argument of a piece of writing. Often the first sentence of a paragraph.

What is a Claim?

400

Which of these can be personified? 

A. Ms. Mack  B. a star C. my sister D. Suzy

What is B?

400

The moment when memories come back to a character.

What is Flashback?

400

An article where the author argues that an iPhone is better than an Android phone.

What is Persuade?

500

The point of the story where the reader is the most excited. Everything changes after this event.

What is Climax?

500

The practice of looking closely at small parts to see how they affect the whole.

What is Analysis?

500

The quarterback was running out of steam.

What is a Metaphor?

500

The feeling or atmosphere the text creates.

What is Mood?

500

A poem about why the iPhone is the greatest consumer electronic device ever made.

What is a Entertain?

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