Figurative Language
Fiction Terms
Nonfiction Terms
Blended Genre
Wild Card
100

An example of this type of figurative language would be "Her hair was the sun." 

What is a metaphor?

100
A conversation between two or more people.
What is dialogue?
100
The main idea or main point that the author is making, or what the text is mostly about.
What is the central idea?
100

At least _____ genres need to be present in order for a piece of writing to be considered blended genre. 

What is 2? 
100
The feeling created by a piece of literature. Ex. Joyful, Mournful
What is mood?
200

Ex: Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore

What is an alliteration?

200
Clues that hint at what is going to happen later in the plot.
What is foreshadowing?
200
When an author is instructing, entertaining, or persuading the reader.
What is the purpose?
200

Always include dialogue when writing in this genre. 

What is a narrative? 

200
The author/speaker's attitude toward the subject.
What is tone?
300

Gives human characteristics to non-humans. Ex. "The trees whispered in the breeze."

What is personification?

300

The moral or lesson that the story is trying to teach/convey.

What is theme?

300
The act of coming to a conclusion based on facts or making and educated guess.
What is an inference?
300

This part of a blended genre essay should include a hook as well as your thesis (claim) 

What is an introduction paragraph? 

300
When a character struggles with an internal or external force.
What is a conflict?
400

A reference to a person, place, or another work of literature without mentioning it directly. 

What is an allusion?

400

The way a text makes a reader feel. 

What is tone?

400
How a passage is organized. Ex. Compare and contrast, cause and effect, etc.
What is structure?
400

Giving an author credit. 

What is a citation? 

400
When two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect Ex. Living death, jumbo shrimp
What is an oxymoron?
500

A recurring theme throughout a text. Ex: Nature in Lord of the Flies. 

What is motif?

500

The positive or negative feelings/emotions that are associated with a word.

What is connotation?

500
The use of a question for persuasion that doesn't really need to be answered by the reader.
What is a rhetorical question?
500

The justification of a piece of evidence. 

What is a warrant? 
500
A brief and sometimes witty story that focuses on a single interesting event, often in order to make a point or teach a moral lesson.
What is an anecdote?
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