Genre Junction
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100

A genre that combines elements of fiction and fantasy with scientific fact.

What is science fiction?

100

This is the main character of a story.

What is the protagonist?

100

This is a reasonable conclusion based on evidence.

What is a claim?

100

This is writing or speech not meant to be taken literally.

What is figurative language?

200

This is a genre of writing that tells about real people, places, objects, or events.

What is nonfiction?

200

This is the character in the story that is presented as the main enemy or rival of the main character.

What is the antagonist?

200

These are exact statements from interviews or conversations.

What are quotations?

200

This is the use of vivid word pictures.

What is imagery?

300
This is a genre of writing that tells about imaginary characters and events.

What is fiction?

300

These are the qualities, values, and attitudes that a character displays.

What are character traits?

300

This is a writer's or speaker's word choice.

What is dictation?

300

This is a figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else.

What is a metaphor?

400

This is a type of autobiography that focuses on a particularly meaningful period or series of events.

What is a memoir?

400

This is when the central message, concern, or purpose is directly expressed.

What is the stated theme?

400

This is the dictionary definition of a word.

What is denotation? 

400

This is a type of figurative language in which a nonhuman object is given human characteristics.

What is personification?

500

This is a concise, complete, and accurate overview of a text.

What is a summary?

500

This is when the central message, concern, or purpose is suggested by what happens to the characters.

What is the implied theme?

500

This is the set of ideas associated with a word, along with its meaning.

What is connotation? 

500

This is writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the five senses.

What is sensory language?

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