Fiction
This is who or what the story is about
Who is the main character?
This type of nonfiction text contains definitions and meanings of words
What is a dictionary or glossary?
Comparing two unlike things using like or as
What is a simile?
The fragrance from the sweet roses floated across the garden.
Fragrance means
a. smell
b. thorns
c. pollen
What is a. smell?
the writer of a story or book
Who is the author?
This is where the story takes place
What is the setting?
A book written about someone's life is called this
What is a biography?
The trees bowed down as the princess walked to the prince is an example of
What is personification?
My mother inherited her green eyes from her father.
What does inherited mean?
a. blinked
b. received
c. donated
What is b. received?
This are the words that describe a character
What are adjective?
What are character traits?
This type of fictional text is based an event or events that took place in the past
What is historical fiction?
What is a map?
She's a ray of sunshine means this
U.S.A. is an acronym for the United States of America. What does acronym mean?
a. symbol
b. password
c. abbreviation
What is c. abbreviation?
What are villains?
What are antagonists?
This is the message, moral, or lesson the author wants you to learn from the story.
What is the theme?
This type of writing is trying to convince the reader to change his/her mind
What is persuasive writing
Pots and pans were falling all over the place. Cling! Bang! Clack! Boom! The words in italics are examples of this
The speaker told an amazing anecdote about how his dog saved his life.
In this sentence anecdote means
a. story
b. lie
c. poem
What is a. story?
This part of speech identifies a person, place, thing, or idea
What is a noun?
In this type of fictional text, the reader may encounter aliens, monsters, or even be taken to outer space.
What is science fiction?
A movie that LeBron James created and produced about himself would be this
What is autobiographical?
I'm so sleepy I could sleep for a year is an example of this type of figurative language
What is a hyperbole?
The diligent student always completed her homework on time, earning the respect of her teacher. What does diligent mean?
a. lazy
b. hardworking
c. careless
What is b. hardworking?
This children's author wrote books that rhyme. His real name is Theodore Geissel.
Who is Dr. Seuss?