Genres
Who am I?
Author's Purpose
Point of View
Wild Card
100
This genre is characterized by stories that chill your blood.
What is the Horror genre?
100
This character attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry and is a member of Gryffindor House.
Who is Harry Potter?
100
To entertain, inform, or persuade.
What are the 3 purposes for writing?
100
This point of view uses words like "you"
What is Second Person?
100
This is when the opposite of what is expected occurs
What is irony?
200
This genre is made up of real accounts, facts, or essays.
What is Non-fiction?
200
This person said, "I freed a thousand slaves, I could have freed a thousand more if I could only have convinced them they were slaves."
Who is Harriet Tubman?
200
When an author writes for this reason, they are trying to convey information or facts.
What is to Inform?
200
In this point of view, the story is being told by one of the characters, and the reader only knows what happens from their perspective.
What is First Person or First Person Point of View?
200
This is the website we use to do our assignments on iPads using our school email.
What is Google Classroom?
300
This genre encompasses everything from "Harry Potter" to "Forged by Fire."
What is Fiction?
300
The author of "The Raven" and "The Tell-Tale Heart"
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
300
When an author writes for this reason, it is usually accompanied by statements meant to cause readers to agree with them.
What is writing to persuade or argument?
300
In this point of view, the narrator can only reveal the thoughts and feelings of one character.
What is Limited or 3rd Person Limited?
300
A narrator of a story who cannot be trusted is known as this.
What is an unreliable narrator?
400
This genre usually contains stories about magic, mythical creatures, or fairies.
What is fantasy?
400
The author of "The Monkey's Paw"
Who is W.W. Jacobs?
400
When a writer writes for this reason, they simply want the audience to enjoy what they are reading
What is writing to entertain?
400
The narrator knows and reveals only the actions, not the thoughts or feelings of the characters.
What is Objective or 3rd Person Objective?
400
This Hogwarts house prides itself on being ambitious and cunning.
What is Slytherin?
500
This genre specializes in fictionalized stories about real past events and/or people.
What is Historical Fiction?
500
The poet who wrote the elegy "O Captain! My Captain!" after President Abraham Lincoln's assassination.
Who is Walt Whitman?
500
A political campaign ad is written for this reason.
What is to persuade?
500
This point of view means "all knowing" and is when a narrator describes the actions, thoughts, and feelings of all the characters.
What is Omniscient or 3rd Person Omniscient?
500
Mrs. Campbell is a member of this Hogwarts house.
What is Ravenclaw?
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