Fiction
Vocabulary
Figurative Language
Genre
Miscellaneous
100

The person in a work of literature

character

100

A decision made by a court

judgement

100
A comparison between two things using 'like' or 'as'

simile

100

Fiction that is set in the past

historical fiction

100

Synonym/Antonym: accelerate and slow

antonym  

200

The problem in a work of fiction

conflict

200

Another word for a deal or agreement

transaction

200

Her face was a red tomato after her run. 

metaphor

200

Characters are usually gods, demigods, or supernatural humans

myth

200

A statement that can be proven. 

fact

300

Establishes characters and setting

exposition or introduction

300

To change something with completely and usually in a good way

transform

300

The brutal wind bullied the tree into giving up its leaves.

personification

300

The author creates an imaginative world where anything can happen

fantasy 

300

Written using I, me, us, we

1st person pov 

400

It was a dark and stormy night in London 1936

setting

400
A police officer cannot arrest someone who lives in another state. 

jurisdiction 

400

The terrible tiger tore the towel.

alliteration

400

I, too, sing America.

I am the darker brother.

They send me to eat in the kitchen

When company comes,

But I laugh,

And eat well,

And grow strong.

poetry 

400

Author's Purpose: Writing poetry

entertain

500

It is better to die free than live under tyranny

theme

500

The ability to act independently without help.

autonomy 

500

Chocolate is my Achilles' Heel!

allusion

500

Fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced technology

science fiction

500

Part of Speech: Bob gave a fascinating speech on whales. 


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