Fiction Terminology
What is a surprise/twist?
This type of letter starts every sentence.
What is a capital?
This popular game from 2011 features building with blocks and mining.
What is Minecraft?
This source of energy makes things hot. It causes water to evaporate.
What is heat?
This animal is the mascot of Monterey. It has thick fur to keep it warm, and lives in the water.
What is the sea otter?
The main events of a story.
What is the plot?
This punctuation mark goes at the end of a sentence. It is for statements, not questions.
What is a period?
This shooter from 2017 includes a storm, dances, and battle royale gameplay, where players compete to be the last person (or team) alive.
What is Fortnite?
This source of energy turns the most water into water vapor.
What is the Sun?
This group of animals are commonly eaten by other animals. They crawl, fly, and skitter.
What are insects?
The term for movies and shows that use real actors instead of animation.
What is Live Action?
Sentences are divided into clauses. This is the punctuation that goes between each clause.
What is a comma?
This orange alien helps students in iReady. Her best friend is Yoop.
Who is Plory?
The process of water changing to water vapor.
What is evaporation?
An animal who eats other animals. It hunts prey.
What is a predator.
The turning point of a story, where something exciting and important happens. It comes after the rising action.
What is the climax?
A collection of sentences that focus on a single idea.
What is a paragraph?
This game has players take control of balls, and try to knock people off a stage. It ends with ".io".
What is bonk.io?
Where most water is found on Earth.
This term means changing your body or behavior to adjust to a new situation.
What is adaptation?
The main character of a story.
Who is the protagonist?
The first sentence in a paragraph. It tells readers what the sentence will be about.
What is a topic sentence?
This movie from the year 2000 features a group of students who must fight to be the last person alive. It lends its name to a genre of video games.
What is Battle Royale?
What water vapor is doing when it changes to water.
What is condensing?
If an animal eats only meat, it is this. Distinct from "herbivorous" animals, who only eat plants.
What is carnivorous?