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Fiction
Non-Fiction
Literary Terms
100

T/F: Ms. Hernandez has a cat.

False = Ms. Hernandez has a dog named Lakota. 

100

T/F: We are using Powerschool to submit assignments.

False = Canvas.

100

The use of clues to suggest events that will happen later in the story.

What is foreshadowing?

100

An author's reason for creating a particular work: teach, entertain, express an opinion, persuade, inform

What is author's purpose?

100

Two people speaking back and forth. It involved quotes.

What is dialogue?

200

What is Ms. Hernandez’s favorite food?

Ramen

200

For Reading class you will need this with you everyday ______?

Independent Reading Book

200

The problem in a work of fiction

What is conflict?

200

The overall message that the author wants to make to the reader. In other words, it describes what the author wants the reader to know about the subject he or she is writing about.

What is central idea? 

200

When a character sees something from their perspective.

What is point of view?

300

T/F: Ms. Hernandez is both from Skokie, IL. 

False = Ms. Hernandez is from Chicago, IL. 

300

T/F: You can use any bathroom in the school as long as you have a pass.

False, you must use the bathrooms by the 8th grade stairwell.

300

The point of the story where the reader is the most excited. They do not know what is going to happen next.

What is a turning point or climax?

300

Telling the main ideas of a piece of writing briefly in your own words.

What is a summary?

300

man vs. man, man vs. self, man vs. nature goes with this literary term.

What is conflict?

400

What is Ms. Hernandez's favorite sports team?

Chicago Cubs

400

What do you need to bring with you to the LMC?

Student ID and iPad.

400

The message, lesson, or ideas explored in a story.

What is theme?

400

To be in favor of, or to pre-judge something or someone.

  1. What is bias?

400

The sequence of events that make up a story, whether it’s told, written, filmed, or sung. 

What is plot?

500

Where did Ms. Hernandez go to school?

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 

500

What can you do to let your teacher know you need to go to the bathroom?

Sign Language for Bathroom

500

When and where a story takes place.

What is setting?

500

A reader's process of relating the content of a literary work to their knowledge and experience.

What is connect?

500

The main character of story, novel or a play

What is a protagonist? 

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