Archila
Broyles
Hari
Griffith
McKinney
100
The author hints at what may happen later in the story
What is foreshadowing
100
A character in the story is the narrator. The character is telling the story. The character/narrator uses pronouns like I, me, and we.
What is first-person point of view
100
a statement that can be proven true
What is fact
100
Prefix meaning one
What is uni or mono
100
Prefix meaning not or none
What is un
200
Humorous stories with extreme exaggeration. The characters have power and ability way beyond that of normal human beings. Ex. Paul Bunyan
What is tall tale
200
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
What is alliteration
200
A story that teaches a lesson
What is moral
200
Naming of a thing of acting by imitation of sounds. Ex. POP!
What is onomatopoeia
200
Includes all the elements in a story: setting, characters, plot, problem, solution, conclusion, etc.
What is literary elements
300
A type of writing ( story, narrative, poem, biography, historical fiction, etc)
What is genre
300
This tells what kinds of person the character is
What is characterization
300
Prefix meaning four
What is quad
300
A comparison of two things that have something in common...it states one thing is something else.
What is metaphor
300
The representation of an animal or thing as a person
What is personification
400
A prefix meaning before
What is pre
400
An extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole
400
Comparison using like or as
What is simile
400
The reason for writing something ( to inform, persuade, to entertain, etc.)
What is author's purpose
400
A type of fiction with strange characters and settings. Things just can't be real.
What is fantasy
500
A type of fiction that seems like it must be true, but of course it is not
What is realistic fiction
500
A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
What is analogy
500
Reading between the lines; reading faces, reading body language, reading expressions, and reading tone as well as reading text
What is inference
500
A type of figurative language in which the meaning is quite different from the actual meaning. Ex. It's raining cats and dogs out.
What is idioms
500
The feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader
What is mood
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