Realistic and Historical Fiction
This genre features stories that could be real but are made up.
What is realistic fiction
This well-known fantasy series features a magical wardrobe that leads to a land with a talking lion.
What is The Chronicles of Narnia, or The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
The part of a mystery story where the detective reveals how they figured out who the culprit was.
Resolution
A book written by a person to tell the story of their own life.
Autobiography
A type of poem where the first letters of each line spell out a word or a phrase.
Acrostic poem
This genre features stories that take place during a real time in the past and may mention real events
What is historical fiction?
Name one thing in imaginative fiction or fantasy that you won't find in realistic fiction.
Answers vary (magic, spells, magic creatures, imaginary worlds)
What do we call small hints or "bits of evidence" left behind to help solve the crime?
Clues
A book written to the story of someone else's life.
Biography
A type of poem that has three lines, with 5 syllables in the first line, 7 syllables in the second line, and 5 syllables in the third line.
Haiku
A story about an 11 year old named Marty who finds a stray beagle
Shiloh
Name one part of the hero's cycle.
What is the ordinary world, call to adventure, refusal of the call, crossing the threshold, tests, the ordeal, the reward, the road back, the resurrection, the return with the elixir?
This the term for a false clue designed to trick the detective or the reader.
What type of Point of View is a biography typically written in?
What type of figurative language is this?
Bam! Pop! Whoosh! Click-clack! Woof!
What is onomatopoeia?
What is the title of the story we read where two kids are sent back in time to solve a mystery or a problem in the past?
Tonight on the Titanic Magic Treehouse
What does it mean to compare and contrast?
Determine similarities and differences between two or more things
A conclusion/good guess reached by combining clues from the text with what you already know/your own reasoning.
What is an inference?
This type of source can be a photograph, a journal entry, or legal documents.
Primary Source
What type of figurative language is this?
Billy Bob bought biscuits.
What is alliteration?
This type of conflict occurs when a character struggles with their own fear or emotion. (Person vs. Person, Person vs. Nature, Person vs. Society, or Person vs. Self)
Person vs. Self (Internal conflict)
Which Point of View uses pronouns like I, Me, My, Us, Our, We?
1st person
When you try to see a situation through someone else's eyes.
Perspective/Point of View
What was the name of the person that the biography we read was about?
William Kamkwamba
In poetry, a group of lines is called this.
What is a stanza?