Figurative Language
"I have told you a million times to clean your room"
What is a hyperbole?
The main character in a story.
What is the protagonist?
The underlying message or universal idea.
What is Theme?
stories, characters, and events created from an author's imagination rather than strictly from real facts or history.
What is fiction?
The emotional or attitude of the author or narrator of the story.
What is the tone?
She was as cool as a cucumber on stage.
What is a simile?
The "bad guy" in a story.
1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person
What is point of view?
a piece of writing based on real facts, actual events, and real people rather than invented stories
What is non-fiction?
What is the mood?
The classroom was a zoo.
What is a metaphor?
The turning point of a story - where the main conflict comes to a head.
What is the climax?
When future events are hinted at before they actually occur.
What is foreshadowing?
a genre of speculative fiction that feature magic, supernatural forces, or entirely imaginary worlds that do not exist in real life
What is fantasy?
The repetition of sounds at the start of words.
What is alliteration?
"bang","sizzle", "pop"
What is an onomatopoeia?
The time and place the story occurs.
What is the setting?
The author shares events that took place at an earlier time.
What is flashback?
a work of fiction specifically written to elicit strong feelings of fear, dread, revulsion, or terror in the reader
What is horror?
2 types of conflict.
What are internal and external?
A fire station burns down.
What is irony?
The sequence of events that make up a story from beginning to end.
What is conflict?
a novel that tells an imaginative story set in a significant time in the past
What is historical fiction?
Katniss Everdeen, Harry Potter, Greg Heffley
What are main characters/ protagonists?