Poetry
Writing
Literature
Types of Stories
Information
100
The repetition of initial consonant sounds.
What is alliteration?
100
Point of view in which “I” or “we” serves as the narrator of a literary work
What is first person point of view?
100
A person or an animal that takes part in the action of a literary work
What is character?
100
The story of the writer’s own life, told by the writer
What is autobiography?
100
Point of view in which the story is told by an outside narrator who uses pronouns such as “he,” “she,” or “they”
What is third person point of view?
200
Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the five senses – sight, sound, smell, taste, touch
What is imagery?
200
The three types of author’s purpose
What are to persuade, to inform, to entertain?
200
A character in conflict with the main character
What is antagonist?
200
A form of nonfiction in which a writer tell the life story of another person
What is biography?
200
Something that is true about a subject and can be tested or proven
What is fact?
300
Writing that is innovative, imaginative, and not meant to be taken literally
What is figurative language?
300
The writer’s attitude toward his or her audience and subject
What is tone?
300
A struggle between opposing forces
What is conflict?
300
A type of literature – such as science fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, mystery, horror
What is genre?
300
What someone thinks about a subject
What is opinion?
400
The repetition of vowel sounds
What is assonance?
400
A one sentence statement that summarizes the main point or claim of an essay or research paper
What is thesis statement?
400
The main character in a literary work, the hero
What is protagonist?
400
Literature about imaginary events and people
What is fiction?
400
Prose writing that presents and explains ideas or that tells about real people, places, objects, or events
What is non-fiction?
500
A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
What is rhyme scheme?
500
A conversation between two characters
What is dialogue?
500
A reference to a well-known person, event, literary work, or work of art
What is allusion?
500
A fictional tale that explains the actions of gods or heroes or the origins of elements of nature
What is myth?
500
Used in writing or speech to attempt to convince the reader or listener to adopt a particular opinion or course of action
What is persuasion?
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