This term refers to the people in a novel or short story.
What are "characters"?
100
This genre is organized by whom is speaking. It will list a character's name and then give the lines they speak.
What is "drama"?
100
This punctuation mark is used within a sentence to separate ideas or create a pause.
What is a "comma"?
100
This figurative language is a comparison that uses like or as. An example would be "she is as healthy as a horse".
What is a "simile"?
100
_____________ house is huge!
(There/Their/They're)
What is "their"?
200
This term refers to the location, time, and place of where a story takes place.
What is "setting"?
200
This genre often rhymes, but can also be free verse. It is organized in stanzas, couplets, or groupings.
What is "poetry"?
200
This part of speech describes a noun, while this part of speech describes a verb.
What is an "adjective" and an "adverb"?
200
This figurative language gives human characteristics to inanimate objects. An example might be "the tree stretched out his arms and reached for the sky".
What is "personification"?
200
You can't always control _____________ circumstances, but you can control ___________ attitude toward your circumstances.
(Your/You're)
What is "your"?
300
This term refers to the story line and answers the question "What happened?"
What is "plot"?
300
This genre of literature is a type of fiction that could actually happen. An example of this is "Notes From the Midnight Driver".
What is "realistic fiction"?
300
This mark of punctuation is found in time and starts a list.
What is a "colon"?
300
Examples of this type of figurative language are "Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz" and "BAHHHHHHHHHHHH"...they are sound words.
What is "onomatopeia"?
300
___________________ planning to come to the game after dinner.
(There/Their/They're)
What is "they're"?
400
This term refers to the overall idea of a story.
What is "theme"?
400
This genre portrays a larger than life character who goes on an adventure and learns life lessons in the process.
What is an "epic" or "adventure"?
400
This mark of punctuation almost always follows an interjection.
What is an "exclamation point"?
400
This figurative language is a comparative that does not use like or as. It is commonly used in poetry and Shakespearean dramas. An example is when Shakespeare referred to Tybalt as the "King of Cats".
What is a "metaphor"?
400
________________ welcome!
(Your/You're)
What is "You're"?
500
This element of fiction refers to perspective or seeing the events of a story through the eyes of a certain character.
What is "point of view"?
500
This genre is informational. Examples are articles or informational websites.
What is "nonfiction"?
500
These are the 8 parts of speech.
What is "noun, verb, pronoun, adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction, and interjection"?
500
This figurative language is used when an author, poet, or playwright refers to another piece of literature within his/her work.
What is an "allusion"?
500
I am excited about the new restaurant in Winston-Salem! I have never been ______________!
(There/Their/They're)