Fiction
Non-Fiction
Reading and Writing Strategies
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

When you come across an unfamiliar word in a text, you can look around that word. This is using..

What are context clues?

100
Two people speaking back and forth. It involved quotes.
What is dialogue?
100
Fiction that is set in the past.
What is historical fiction?
200

A 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

The question states, "What do Lyla's actions in Paragraph 6 reveal about her emotions?" What should you do to answer this question correctly?

What is look back in the text?

200
When a character sees something from their perspective.
What is point of view?
200
Verse that uses sounds, rhythm, and word choice to share ideas.
What is poetry?
300

The problem in a work of fiction

What is conflict?

300

A text structure that involves describing events in the order that they happened

What is a chronological order?

300

Name one thing you must do when using evidence from a source in your writing. 

What is cite your evidence, use quotation marks, or introduce the evidence using context?

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, and adventuring into the unknown.
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

A type of writing that is meant to teach the reader about a topic/share information about a topic. 

What is informative writing?

400

What should you look for before submitting a piece of writing?

What is check for spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, or organizational errors?

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. It's the turning point where a big decision will be made.

What is the 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 is it called when a reader writes down notes, thoughts, and questions while reading?

What is annotating?

500

Giving human characteristics to a non-human subject.

What is personification?

500
A folktale that teaches a moral or lesson, often with animals as characters.
What is a fable?
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