Got Genres?
Figurative Language
ELA Definitions
Library Learning
Testing Terms
100

This genre consists of books that contain stories that could actually happen and are true to life.

What is realistic fiction?

100

A comparison of two unlike things using the terms “like” or “as”.

What is a simile?

100

The time and place in which a story occurs.

What is setting?

100

This is the name of SRM’s online library catalog.

What is Destiny?

100

To note the similarities and/or dissimilarities between things or ideas.

What is "compare"?

200

This is a type of speculative fiction that deals with futuristic advances in STEM.

What is science fiction?

200

These are exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

What are hyperboles?

200

This is how the author shows readers what a character in a literary selection is like; in other words, it is how the author creates the people in the book.

What is characterization?

200

This is the area of the library where you would find the call number B LEW.

What is biography?

200

To briefly share the main points of something.

What is "summarize"?

300

This genre includes dark, suspenseful, plot-driven stories; they may realistic (ex. murder) or supernatural (ex. ghosts).

What is thriller?

300

The term for a thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material thing standing for an abstract concept. 

What is symbolism?

300

This is the main problem in the story that drives the plot.

What is conflict?

300

This is the area of the library where you would find the call number 398.2 ROD.

What is nonfiction?
300

To defend; to back up with reasoning and/or evidence.

What is "support"?

400

A book from this genre might include talking animals, wizards, or magic.

What is fantasy?

400

A direct comparison of two things in which they are said to be (in some sense) the same thing.

What is a metaphor?

400

The subject of a nonfiction piece of literature.

What is main or central idea?

400

What area with picture books have call numbers that start with "E"?

What are Everybody books?

400

To figure something out by using evidence and reasoning; "reading between the lines."

What is "infer"?

500

This genre of book involves solving a crime, puzzle, or other problem.

What is mystery?

500

This is the use of language that appeals to the five senses - touch, smell, sight, hearing, and taste.

What is imagery?

500

The message, usually about life or society, that an author wishes to convey through a literary work.

What is theme?

500

This rainbow pinwheel icon in Classlink contains the resources we use for online research in the SRM library.

Mackin

500

To examine something in detail in order to understand.

What is "analyze"?

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