Princess Leia
Han Solo
Luke Skywalker
Darth Vader
Yoda
100
A type of story.
What is genre?
100
A comparison using like or as. "The car was a s cold as ice."
What is a simile?
100
Signal words such as first, second, third, before, after that, next, finally, then, following, now, since, until, during, at last.
What is sequence or chronological order?
100
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. "Sally sells seashells by the seashore."
What is alliteration?
100
Small text found near a picture that provides important information about the picture.
What is caption?
200
The story of a person's life written by that person; in first person point of view.
What is autobiography?
200
Giving human qualities to non-human things. "The sun smiled down on me."
What is personification?
200
Signal words such as like, unlike, but, on the other hand, however, both, also, too, as well as, although, yet
What is compare and contrast?
200
A drawing that shows or explains something...usually labels and captions.
What is a diagram?
200
The turning point in the action of a story; the solution of a problem.
What is climax?
300
Writing that is factual, not creative or made up.
What is nonfiction?
300

The use of words that represent sound. "Boom!"

What is onomatopoeia?

300
Signal words include so, because, if...then, since, this led to, as a result.
What is cause and effect?
300
A brief statement of the main events of a story.
What is summary?
300
The items on the stage that actors use.  They give clues about the setting of the play.
What are props?
400
A literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact.
What is fiction?
400
A comparison of two unlike things. "He is a bear in the mornings when he wakes up."
What is a metaphor?
400
Signal words include inform, persuade, entertain, compare, express
What is author's purpose?
400
The person who wrote a play or a drama.
What is a playwright?
400
Sometimes confused with main idea; the over all meaning of a story; teaches a lesson about kindness, honesty, importance of family, loyalty 
What is theme?
500
Fiction that involves an event in history.  Contains historical facts, events, or people, but is not true.
What is historical fiction?
500
An elaborate exaggeration. "I could eat 100 hotdogs!"
What is hyperbole.
500
Signal words include details that appeal to the reader's senses, sight, touch, taste, hearing, smell, emotion
What is sensory details?
500
Combining several pieces of information to make a reasonable conclusion.
What is an inference?
500
An expression with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the words. "It's raining cats and dogs!"
What is idiom?
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