Elements of Fiction
She was as busy as a bee.
What is a simile?
Identify the type of sentence: She has blonde hair.
What is declarative?
The words that explain what a picture shows.
What is the caption?
A type of fiction that is based on historical facts. Name the type and give an example.
What is historical fiction? Answers vary.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
What is a proverb?
Identify the type of sentence: How was your day?
What is interrogative?
The part of a nonfiction book that defines words.
What is a glossary?
The type of writing which convinces the reader to agree with your point of view (opinion).
What is persuasive writing?
A comparison NOT using like or as?
What is a metaphor?
Identify the subject of the sentence: The cat ran across the street.
What is "the cat"?
The title of an article.
What is the heading?
The first sentence of a paragraph that tells us what it will all be about
What is the topic sentence?
She was like fire. It was such a radiant color in the picture. What type of figurative language is this and what does it mean.
What is a simile?
Her hair was the color red.
Identify the type of sentence: That book was amazing!
What is exclamatory?
Author's purpose to tell you how things are the same and how things are different?
What is compare/contrast?
The three main author's purposes.
What is to persuade, to inform, and to entertain?
The main people or animals that effect the story?
what are characters?
Edit the sentence correctly: hey is that your sister.
Hey, is that your sister?
Text is written in order or timeline format.
What is chronological order?
When writing a paragraph you need to include information from the story.
What is cite and evidence?