Story of a person’s life that is written or told by that person
What is autobiography?
100
Something that actually happened and can be proven to be true
What is a fact?
100
A series of related events that make up a story
What is plot?
100
Prefix meaning one
What is uni?
200
To tell in a few words
What is to summarize?
200
The story of a real person’s life written or told by another person
What is biography?
200
Something that makes something else happen
What is cause?
200
The time and place in which the events of a story occur.
What is setting?
200
an arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more, sometimes having a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme, forming a division of a poem
What is stanza?
300
Forming a picture in your mind.
What is visualizing?
300
A person or animal in a story, play, or other literary work that takes part in the action.
What is character?
300
A belief based on what someone thinks to be true or likely
What is opinion?
300
A struggle between opposing characters or forces
What is conflict?
300
An open form of poetry. It does not use consistent meter patterns, rhyme, or any other musical pattern. It thus tends to follow the rhythm of natural speech.
What is free verse poetry?
400
A reasonable conclusion based on clues provided by the author.
What is an inference?
400
A story written to be acted in front of an audience
What is drama?
400
Something that is caused by some other thing; a result
What is effect?
400
The end of the story.
What is resolution?
400
a person, typically a man, who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities.
What is a hero?
500
The order in which things happen in time
What is chronological order?
500
Imaginative writing that carries the reader to an inventive world.
What is fantasy?
500
To tell how things are alike and to tell how things are different.
What is compare/contrast?
500
Words that give a clue to an unfamiliar word’s meaning
What is context clues?
500
The use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech. It may be used to evoke strong feelings or to create a strong impression