Fiction
Nonfiction
Poetry
Grammar
Writing Genres
100

Fictional reading and writing means that it is ________.

Fake (not real)

100

Nonfiction reading or writing means that it is _______.

Not fake (real)

100

Comparing two things from a poem that uses like or as to compare.

Simile

100

What part of speech is known for describing nouns and pronouns?

Adjective

100

What type of writing uses an address, a salutation, a body of paragraphs to inform, a closing and a signature?

Letter

200

What type of literary device means to hint at something that could or might happen later in the reading?

Foreshadowing

200

What the nonfiction reading is mostly about is called?

Central idea

200

When comparing two unlikely things that has an underlying meaning, it is called ____.

Metaphor

200

What type of sentence is about facts and opinions?

Indicative 

200

What type of writing is a story that is fake and involves characters, setting, plot, and resolution (ending)?

Fictional narrative

300

In the plot line of a story, what is the most important (turning) point called?

Climax

300

When reading nonfiction, you use the information to make an educated guess called _______.

Inference

300

When objects and colors stand for something else, it is called _____.

Symbolism

300

What type of sentence is used to express wishes and is hypothetical?

Subjunctive

300

What type of writing is a story that is true and shares an important moment in the author's life?

Personal narrative

400

What literary device is know as the overall idea or lesson learned from the story or novel?

Theme

400

When there is a debate of diverging or differing views in a debate, it is called an ____.

Argument

400

The type poem that is originally from Japan, is 3 lines, and is about a moment in nature.

Haiku

400

What type of verb is used when the subject is doing the action in the sentence?

Active

400

What type of writing is a debate over an issue where you try to persuade your audience to see your side by using facts, statistics, and opinions?

Argument

500

The problem to be solved in a short story or novel is _____.

Conflict

500

Original documents and writings from and about the author is said to be a ______ source.

Primary

500

What type of poem is 14 lines and is the type that Shakespeare is known for?

Sonnet

500

What type of verb is used in a sentence when the subject is NOT doing the action?

Passive

500

What type of writing is the author's opinion of an issue without having to express facts?

Editorial

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