Genres
A story that is about real things, events, or people.
Nonfiction
Person, Place, or Thing
Noun
All the events that lead up to solving the problem
Rising Action
Her hair is like a mane.
Simile
When you make a guess about what will happen next.
Prediction
The genre that plays and musicals belong to
Dramas
Describes action or state of being
Verbs
The problem in the story is called the ________
Conflict
The sun crawled across the sky.
Personification
When you use words around a word you do not know to figure out a definition.
Context clues
A genre where events may be real but the characters or story is not
Historical Fiction
Describes WHERE something is happening in a sentence
Preposition
The highest point of action in the story where they solve the problem
Climax
She is a cheetah.
Metaphor
When two words have similar meanings they are _____________
synonyms
A genre where all the characters, events, and places COULD be real but they are not
Realistic Fiction
Modifies verbs, adverbs or adjectives
adverbs
The end of the story where all loose ends are tied up
Resoultion
Boom! Bam!
Onomatopia
What do we call the hero in the story?
Protagonist
Genre that has stories that are not currently possible but with a scientific discovery or invention could be possible in the future
Science Fiction
Connects/links ideas, clauses or nouns together using a FANBOY
Coordinating Conjunction
The fancy name for the introduction of a story
exposition
Brock built a boat to bring him to the Bahamas.
Alliteration
The name for the mini-dictionary in the back of your textbook that defines words for you
Glossary