Genres
Type of story that is realistic and has nothing that can not happen in the real world.
Realistic Fiction
Type of genre that takes place in the past.
Historic fiction
Stanza
How an author narrates the story.
Author's POV
How an author organizes the text.
Text structure
Type of genre that makes the reader try to figure out "who did it?"
Mystery
Type of genre that is a short story with animals as the main characters and teaches a lesson
Fable
A poem that doesn't rhyme
Free verse
An author's opinion, backed up with facts in their writing.
Author's Claim
When an object or animal is made to act like a person.
Personification
Type of genre that makes you laugh
Humor, comedy
Type of genre that has magical creatures and wizards.
Fantasy or fairy tale
The use of the same sound at the beginning of words, over and over.
Alliteration
How an author feels about a certain topic or how they explain how they see or feel.
Author's perspective
Comparing two things using the words "like" or "as"
Simile
Type of genre that has extreme exaggerations
Tall tale
Type of genre that has robots and space ships.
Science fiction
When a word makes the sound. Examples Pow, boom, screech.
onomatopoeia
An author writes a story and uses a lot of the pronouns I, we, and us. What POV is the story?
First person
My essay should have how many paragraphs?
4
Type of genre that is scary
Horror
Type of genre that is passed down from generation to generation.
Folktale
A saying that cannot be taken literally. Example- It's raining cats and dogs.
Idiom
An author writes a story using a lot of the pronouns he, him, his, and theirs. What POV is it?
Third person
Words that replace nouns in sentences.
Pronouns