Fiction
Non-Fiction
Old Faithful
Literary Terms
Genres
100
The use of clues to suggest events that will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
100
The story of one's life, written by that person
What is autobiography?
100

What is the name of the park the main characters were traveling to?

Yellowstone National Park

100

Two people speaking back and forth. Typically in quotation marks. 

What is dialogue?

100
Fiction that is set in the past.
What is historical fiction?
200
The person in a work of literature.
What is character?
200
a firsthand account of an event; includes diaries, journals, letters, speeches, news stories, photographs, and pieces of art
What is primary source?
200

A naturally occurring phenomenon where hot pressurized water shoots into the air from underground 

What is a Geyser?

200
When a character sees something from their perspective.
What is point of view?
200

A piece of writing that uses verses, stanzas, and sometimes rhyme schemes

What is poetry?

300
The problem in a work of fiction
What is conflict?
300
the order in which events happen in time
What is a chronological order?
300

True or False, The Main conflict of Old Faithful was Sal didn't want to go to see Old Faithful because it would be disappointing.

False, The conflict was Sal was worried Grams would be disappointed and underwhelmed with Old Faithful.

300
man vs. man, man vs. self, man vs. nature goes with this literary term.
What is conflict?
300

Fiction that deals with science and technology, Star Wars is an example

What is science fiction?

400
The story takes place in North Carolina in the 1980's. This description is an example of...
What is setting?
400

the side of an issue an author favors

What is Author's Perspective?

400

Why did Gram Cry at the end of the passage?

Gram cried because she was so please and excited from seeing something she waited her entire life to see.
400
The sudden moment when memories come back to a character.
What is flashback?
400
The author creates a magical world where anything can happen.
What is fantasy?
500
The point of the story where the reader is the most excited. They do not know what is going to happen next.
What is turning point or climax.
500
an author's reason for creating a particular work: teach, entertain, express an opinion, persuade, inform
What is author's purpose?
500

What was the lesson learned in Old Faithful?

Seeing people you care about happy can be deeply gratifying. 

500
The character's attitude and emotions.
What is mood?
500

The main idea in a piece of writing.

What is the theme?

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