FICTION
INFORMATIONAL
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
POETRY
RANDOM
100

The series of related events that make up a story 

Plot

100

The author's main purpose for writing an article or essay in this genre

Inform

100

Language that appeals to the senses

Imagery/Sensory language

100

A group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem

Stanza

100

The time and place in which the events of a work of literature take place

Setting

200

The most exciting moment or a turning point in a story

Climax

200
The most important idea expressed in a paragraph or an essay

Main Idea

200

A comparison between two unlike things in which one thing is said to be another (not using "like" or "as")

Metaphor

200

The repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words close together in a poem

Rhyme
200

The vantage point from which a story is told

Point of View

300

The overall emotion created by a work of literature

Mood

300

Prose writing that deals with real people, events, and places without changing any facts

Non Fiction

300

The use of words whose sounds echo their sense

Onomatopoeia

300

A person, place, or thing that has its own meaning and stands for something beyond itself

Symbol

300
What is the author's purpose in an argumentative text?

Persuade

400

The truth about life or the main message revealed in a piece of literature.

Theme

400

Information used to explain and support the main idea of a text or paragraph (includes reasons, facts, examples, etc.)

Supporting details

Evidence

400

A figure of speech in which a nonhuman or nonliving thing or quality is talked about as if it were human or alive

Personification

400

The attitude that a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character

Tone

400

The uncertainty or anxiety you feel about what will happen next in a story

Suspense

500

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

Foreshadowing

500

What is it called when you highlight and write down key information? (Ex. Stop and Jot)

Annotating

500

In general, a contrast between expectation and reality

Irony

500

Poetry without a regular meter or rhyme scheme

Free verse

500

A marvelous change from one shape or form to another

Metamorphosis

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