Fiction
What does fiction mean?
A type of literature that is made up or imaginary.
Name a Greek Mythological character.
Answers vary:
Zeus, Hades, Athena, Poseidon
What is drama?
Written text that is meant to be acted out.
What is nonfiction?
Nonfiction is text that is based on true facts. It is the opposite of fiction. It is real.
Name 2 parts of speech.
noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, conjuction
What is your favorite fiction book or story?
Answers vary!
In the myth of the Trojan Horse, what was the surprise at the end?
There were Greek warriors waiting inside the horse, ready to fight the Trojans.
What is repetition in poetry?
When the same line, phrase, or word is repeated in a poem.
What is research?
Research is when you search for facts about a topic. Then you can compile your facts into an essay or report.
What is the coordinating conjunction in this sentence?
I like ice cream, but I don't like chocolate.
but
Name 3 of the genres of fiction.
Science fiction, mystery, traditional literature (like fairy tales or fables), realistic fiction, historical fiction, poetry, fantasy
What was the theme of the story of King Midas and the Golden Touch?
That being greedy doesn't bring you happiness. Kind Midas thought that turning everything to gold would be good, but in the end, he realized it was sad because he wouldn't have a family.
What is onomatopoeia?
Onomatopoeia is when you use sound words. Words that sound like the noise they make. Beep, wham, zip, crack!
What is technical or procedural writing?
How-to writing. Writing that tells someone how to do something in the correct steps.
Which words should have capital letters?
Beginning of the sentence, proper nouns.
What does it mean to make a text to text connection while you are reading a book or story?
Text to text connection means that you connect the book you are reading to another book you have read before. Something from one book reminds you of something in another book.
Name one other type of mythology besides Greek Mythology.
We learned about American Indian and Japanese Mythology. There are lots of others as well.
Can you name a famous poet?
Maya Angelo, Jack Prelutsky, Kenn Nesbitt, Shel Silverstein, Joyce Sidman ...These are some of the ones we learned about. There are many!
Even William Shakespeare was a poet!
What is biography?
Biography is nonfiction writing that tells the true story of someone's life. Usually it is a famous person.
What are prefixes and suffixes?
What makes realistic fiction realistic? How is it different that non-fiction?
Realistic Fiction is still make-believe. It could have happened, and the characters are people that could really be alive. They don't have super powers, for example. But it isn't a true story.
What does it mean to compare and contrast when reading literature?
Comparing and contrasting is looking closely at similarities and differences between two things.
What are some of the parts of a play? Name two. Remember your drama vocabulary.
Cast of characters, dialogue, props, stage directions, scenes, acts
What are some nonfiction text features? Name 3.
Title, heading, subheading, table of contents, index, glossary, picture, graph, illustration, caption, sidebar, diagram, bolded word
Fill in the blank with the correct spelling.
When will we go to ________ performance?