Poetry
Story Elements
Persuasive Strategies
References
Types of Fiction
100
This type of peom does not have a set pattern of rhyme.
What is Free Verse?
100
This is where and when a story takes place.
What is the setting?
100
The author uses words to make readers feel a certain way about a topic
What is appeal to emotion?
100
This is a book of maps.
What is an atlas?
100
This type of fiction could happen in real life.
What is realistic fiction?
200
Comparison of two things using the words like or as.
What is a Simile?
200
The way the events that happen in the story relate to each other.
What is the plot?
200
The author attempts to persuade the reader by referring to the ideas of respected or famous people.
What is appeal to authority?
200
A book published yearly which includes weather forecasts and other various information.
What is an almanac?
200
A type of story in which the plot needs to be solved.
What is mystery?
300
A silly poem with a special rhyme pattern.
What is a Limerick?
300
Less important characters who do not appear as often as major characters in a story.
What is a minor character?
300
Type of persuasion in which the author refers to a popular trend. "Everyone else is doing it"
What is band wagon?
300
Contains writings on several different topics in alphabetical order; usually comes in volumes.
What is an encyclopedia?
300
A non-fiction story about a person’s life written by another person.
What is a biography?
400
Unrhymed poetry that is usually made up of three lines. The first line has five syllables, the second line has seven, and the third line has five syllables.
What is a Haiku?
400
The problem faced by the main characters.
What is the conflict?
400
These words may sound important but mean something different to everyone such as large, friendly, cute, or funny. The author tries to create an emotional response from the reader by using these words.
What is loaded language?
400
This is an alphabetical list of important words used INSIDE the book and their meanings located in the back of the book.
What is a glossary?
400
A type of fiction that involves technology and the future.
What is science fiction?
500
This form of poetry contains five lines with a fixed amount of syllables per line (two, four, six, eight, two).
What is a Cinquain poem?
500
The point of the story where the problem or conflict stops getting bigger and begins to be resolved.
What is the climax?
500
The same idea is written over and over so that it stays in the mind of the reader.
What is repetition?
500
An alphabetical listing of names and topics next to the page numbers where they are discussed located in the back of the book.
What is an index?
500
A made up story about a historical event or person.
What is historical fiction?
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