A person who tells a story, or a voice fashioned by an author to recount a narrative.
What is narrator?
100
A made-up story based on actual historic times, places, and facts.
What is historical fiction?
100
Uses the words “like” or “as” to compare one object or idea with another to suggest they are alike
What is a simile?
100
Taking a quality from one individual and applying to every individual in a group.
What is stereotyping?
100
One word in a pair shows the purpose of the other word.
EX: Scissors are to cut as broom is to ________?
What is purpose?
sweep
200
Point of view where the story is told from the perspective of the narrator, speaking for and about themselves, using either "I" or "we".
What is first-person narration?
200
Type of nonfiction written about a single subject.
What is essay?
200
The use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound or the sound made by an object or an action.
What is onomatopoeia?
200
A preference for one thing over another. Can be positive or negative.
What is a bias?
200
One word in the pair is a part whereas the other word is the whole.
EX: Finger is to hand as toe is to __________?
What is part/whole?
foot
300
The type of narrator who knows everything, may reveal the motivations, thoughts and feelings of the characters, and gives the reader information.
What is third-person omniscient?
300
A short story that ends with a moral and often uses talking animals.
What is a fable?
300
States a fact or draws a verbal picture by the use of comparison. Unlike a simile, which says you are like something, it says you are something.
What is a metaphor?
300
Positive words or phrases with a "feel-good" quality leave a nice impression without making any guarantee.
What is glittering generality?
300
One word in the pair is an object, and the other word tells where the object is normally found.
EX: Cows are to farms as ducks are to _________?
What is object/location?
ponds
400
Type of narration where the reader knows only the thoughts and feelings of a single character, while other characters are presented only externally.
What is third-person limited?
400
A story that was originally passed from generation to generation by word of mouth.
What is a folktale?
400
An exaggeration that is so dramatic that no one would believe the statement is true.
What is hyperbole?
400
A method and approach used to spread ideas that further a cause - a political, commercial, religious, or civil cause. Tries to influence you in a certain direction by telling you, "Everybody feels this way."
What is propaganda?
400
One word in a pair is linked to or associated with the other.
EX: Milk is to cow as egg is to ___________?
What is association?
chicken
500
Type of narration that presents the action and the characters' speech, without comment or emotion. The reader has to interpret them and uncover their meaning.
What is objective?
500
A traditional story that tries to explain some mystery of nature.
What is a myth?
500
A figure of speech in which human characteristics are given to an animal or an object.
What is personification?
500
Media technique that relies on the backing of a celebrity, an expert, or a satisfied customer telling you to buy a product.
What is a testimonial?
500
One word in the pair shows the cause, and the other word shows the effect.
EX: Fire is to burn as heavy rain is to ____________?