The part in which readers meet characters and the initial setting and sequence of events.
What is the exposition?
100
A writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
100
A made-up or imagined story.
What is fiction?
100
mama and papa and baby make three,
reaching sides of a three-sided tree.
oedipal winds rustle from leaves;
triangular shapes converting
dissimilarity into peeves.
straight lines connect
the corners turned;
mirrored sight
un-burned;
buried
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What is a concrete poem (concrete poetry)?
200
Television advertisements, popup ads, and billboards are forms of this type of author's purpose.
What is persuasion or to persuade?
200
Anne Frank is struggling within herself about her mother and Peter.
What is the internal conflict?
200
An event or scene that takes place before the present time in a story is inserted into the chronological structure of the work.
What is a flashback?
200
Fiction that takes place in an invented world that has talking animals, magic, dragons, unicorns, special powers, fairies, etc.
What is fantasy?
200
I float down the tree
Lightly I hit the soft ground
Soon I will be crushed
What is Haiku?
300
Science and history textbooks are written for this purpose.
What is to inform?
300
Do not judge a book by its cover.
What is a moral?
300
The fire marshal's house burns down due to faulty wiring.
What is situational irony?
300
Mary had a Little Lamb is an example of this.
What is poetry?
300
This contains or uses metaphors, similes, personification, etc., in which words are used to suggest pictures or images or for other special effects.
What is figurative language?
400
This is usually based on experience, emotions, or other information and may contain little to no factual information.
What is opinion?
400
A story's main idea or an underlying meaning that may be stated directly or indirectly.
What is theme?
400
Something that causes a person to act in a certain way and/or do a certain thing.
What is motive or motivation?
400
This takes place in a different time period and could actually be true but the characters and story line are not true.
What is historical fiction?
400
Clang, bang, clunk went the bell as it tumbled to the floor.
What is onomatopoeia?
500
The central point or concept.
What is the main idea?
500
A character or a group of characters which stand in opposition to the protagonist or the main character.
Who is/what are the antagonist(s)?
500
A story is told using I, me, my, we, our, mine, etc.
What is first person point of view?
500
Johnny Appleseed is an example of this genre.
What are folk tales?
500
Emotional songlike poetry, distinguished from dramatic and narrative poetry.