VOCABULARY
TERMS
GENRES
Author's Purpose
THIS AND THAT
100
GENRE
What is the word for a type or category of literature?
100
HYPERBOLE
What is extreme exaggeration to emphasize an idea or create humor?
100
FICTION
What is MAKE-BELIVE, PRETEND, UNTRUE?
100
TO SHARE A FEELING
What is FICTION/FILM/POETRY/SHORT STORIES/NOVELS?
100
poetry that does not have a regular pattern of love (usually goes along with the message/theme)
What is FREE VERSE
200
NOSTALGIC
What is to think about the past in a "perfect" way?
200
PERSONIFICATION
What is giving an inanimate (NONHUMAN) object human characteristics? My baby choked, sputtered, and died in the driveway.
200
FREE VERSE, RHYME, STANZAS
What is POETRY?
200
TO PERSUADE/CONVINCE
What is A SPEECH, EDITORIAL, ESSAY?
200
WHERE AND WHEN THE STORY TAKES PLACE TIME OF DAY WEATHER
What is THE SETTING?
300
MELANCHOLY
What is a ten-letter word used to mean very sad? (STARTS WITH AN "M")
300
TONE
What is the term to denote the feeling(s) associated with the author's words? EX: depressing, positive, negative
300
"I Have a Dream," persuasive, uses facts
What is a speech?
300
to share a feeling
What is the purpose of fiction (poetry, plays, short stories, novels)
300
in a manner that is
What does the suffix "LY" mean? quickly smoothly nicely
400
ANALYZE
What is TO LOOK AT THE PARTS AND THEN MAKE A CONCLUSION ABOUT THE WHOLE? PICK SOMEONE'S WORDS AND ACTION APART
400
THEME
What is the lesson, moral, preach of the poem/story?
400
regular writing, written in sentences and paragraphs
What is PROSE?
400
to persuade, to entertain, to share a feeling, and to _____________________
What is to inform?
400
a five-letter word starting with "C" which means to tell/explain
What does convey mean?
500
SIGNIFICANCE
What is A 12 -LETTER WORD THAT MEANS THE IMPORTANCE OF? STARTS WITH AN "S"
500
snow causes you to be late for work darkness creates fear at night
How can the setting create/contribute to a conflict?
500
a true story about a person
What is an AUTOBIOGRAPHY?
500
an author uses this to help you see, feel, hear, taste, or touch something
What is IMAGERY?
500
an 8-letter words that means make a judgment good or bad? right or wrong?
What is EVALUATE?
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