Figurative Language
Non-Fiction
Poetry
Fiction
You Should Know
100

Words that are sounds.

What is onomotopoeia?

100

A story about a person's life written by that person.

What is an autobiography?

100
A group of lines in a poem.
What is a stanza?
100

The time and place a story takes place.

What is setting?

100

What the story is mainly about.

What is main idea?

200

"She is as beautiful as a rose" is an example of...

What is a simile?

200

A story about someone's life written by another person.

What is a biography?

200

A poem that tells a story.

What is a narrative poem?

200

The most exciting part of a story.

What is the climax?

200

The way an author feels about his subject.

What is tone?

300

"I am as hungry as a bear" is an example of...

What is a hyperbole?

300

A strategy used to read non-fiction.

What is look for graphs, charts, illustrations?

300

Comparing two items using "like" or "as"

Simile

300

The ending of a story.

What is the resolution?

300

The feeling the author creates in a story.

What is mood?

400

"The chair jumped across the room" is an example of...

What is personification?

400

Non-fiction articles often have these headings that separate ideas?

What are subheadings?

400

The sun was shining on this bright Saturday afternoon. What is this an example of?  

alliteration

400

Point of view that uses "I".

What is first person?

400

Three reasons an author writes.

What is entertain, persuade and inform?

500

"The road was a ribbon of red" is an example of...

What is a metaphor?

500

The main purpose of non-fiction is to...

What is inform?

500

Jumbo shrimp

What figurative language is this an example of?

Oxymoron

500

Name the plot diagram in order.

Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

500

What you should do before reading a selection.

What is read the questions?

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