Fiction
What is the setting of a story?
Where the story takes place
When a narrator uses "I, Me," it is written in this perspective
First Person
When should quotation marks be used?
To show someone is speaking.
To use strong exaggeration
hyperbole
What is a synonym?
A word that has the same meaning
This is the last part of the story that wraps it up.
What is the resolution?
When the narrator uses "She, He, they" it is written in this perspective
Third Person
What is an adjective?
A word that describes a noun
Giving human characteristics to something that is not human
personification
What does contrast mean?
To tell the differences
The problem of the story
What does it mean to compare and contrast?
To tell how things are the same or different
Where should capital letters be used?
Capital letters should be used for proper nouns, such as names of people, cites, and countries. They should also be at the beginning of a sentence.
She is busy as a bee.
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
Simile
What is a stanza?
A group of lines in a poem
What the story is mainly about?
Central or Main idea
Explain the difference between fiction and nonfiction.
Fiction = not real/made up, can be funny.
Nonfiction = topic, factual, provides information, not funny.
What is a synonym for tired?
sleepy, exhausted, etc.
It is raining cats and dogs.
Idiom
What does "improvement" mean?
To make something better
The message or lesson of the story
Theme
The character that opposes the main character or protagonist.
Antagonist
What is the root word of "unbelievable"
Believe
Why do writers use figurative language?
To add interest or humor to a story.
A negative thing, a con