Figurative Language
Nonfiction Texts
Things you should know...
Genres
Random Terms, etc.
100
What is the repetition of beginning word sounds.
Alliteration
100
What is a story about someone's life written by that person.
Autobiography
100
This includes: first person, second person, third person omniscient, and third person limited.
Point of View
100
What are stories that are true?
Nonfiction
100
What is the main character in a work?
Protagonist
200
What is a comparison between two things that does not use "like" or "as".
Metaphor
200
What is a story about someone's life written by someone else?
Biography
200
Where and when a story takes place.
Setting
200
This text type includes stage directions, dialogue, and often times descriptions of setting, etc.
Drama/Plays
200
Which museum did Mr. Mennona work at for 2 summers?
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
300
What is a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as".
Simile
300
What type of writing is meant to persuade the reader or listener?
Persuasive Writing
300
What is the atmosphere created in a work? Think of the feeling created in the reader...
Mood
300
What is written in stanzas, may include rhyme, or be in free verse?
Poetry
300
What is the message in a story?
Theme
400
What is an extreme exaggeration?
Hyperbole
400
Bedbugs are one of the worst household pests. This is an example of fact or opinion.
Opinion
400
What is the author's attitude in a work?
Tone
400
What type of story is not based on actual fact, though it can be realistic.
Fiction
400
What is the missing writer's purpose: to persuade, to entertain, and to i_______.
Inform
500
Cuckoo, Moo, Meow, Bang!
Onomatopoiea
500
McClintock Middle school is located in Charlotte, North Carolina. Is this a fact or an opinion?
Fact
500
What is the character in conflict with the main character?
Antagonist
500
This type of literature can be fictional or non-fiction and conveys information about something.
Informational text
500
When something represents/stands for a bigger idea in a work. Think about Bobo the baboon and the cage he was in...
Symbol/symbolism
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