A poem that celebrates a subject, a tribute to an object, person or event. Can be humorous or serious
Ode
True stories about real life people, places, or events but told in a similar way to fiction.
Literary Non-Fiction
Fiction is
literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people.
A book on how to tie your shoes is
Sequential Order
Words that end with similar sounds
Rhyme
a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse.
Stanza
Anne Frank's diary is an example of
Autobiography
An example of fiction genres are
Mysteries, science fiction, romance, fantasy, crime thrillers
a text structure or pattern of organization where the similarities and differences of two or more things are explored
Compare and Contrast
What does ACE stand for?
Answer
Cite
Explain
A form of poetry that tells a story and has a setting, characters, and a plot
Narrative
A Personal Narrative similar to an autobiography
Memoir
What genre of Fiction is Stephen Kings 'It'
Horror
This is an example of
Problem and Solution
What does SLAM stand for?
Structure
Language
Affect
Meaning
A very short poem of Japanese origin
Haiku
A person who writes about the life of George Washington is writing a......
Biography
most common - the classic storytelling mode in which the storyteller is recounting a series of events to an audience – “a fly on the wall”
Third Person
"The waves crashed and danced along the shore, moving up and down in a graceful and gentle rhythm like they were dancing"
This is an example of
Descriptive writing
Jumbo Shrimp is an example of what
Oxymoron
a poem where the first letter of each line (or the last letter of each line) spells out a specific word
Acrostic Poem
What is the difference between a diary and a journal
A journal is chronological recording of events and a diary is a daily reflection and feelings.
Elements of fiction are
character, plot, theme, setting, and style
Some animals are endangered due to these causes: pollution, loss of home environment due to destruction of their habitat, weather, disease.
This is an example of
Cause and Effect
Occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of several words near each other
Alliteration