Fiction
Non-Fiction
Figurative Language
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

a writer's use of details to appeal to the reader's senses. 

What is imagery?

100

Two people speaking back and forth. 

What is dialogue?

100
Fiction that is set in the past.
What is historical fiction?
200

The main character in a work of literature.

What is protagonist?

200

The story of someone's life and is told from the perspective of another writer

What is biography ?

200
The crook was as sly as fox.
What is simile?
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
the order in which events happen in time
What is a chronological order?
300
My computer hates me.
What is personification?
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

an author's reason for creating a particular work:  teach, entertain, express an opinion, persuade, inform

What is author's purpose?

400

An extreme exaggeration used for emphasis

What is hyperbole?

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

The ______ ______ of a literary work includes the actual political and social events and trends of the time.

What is historical context?

500

A contradiction between what happens and what is expected.

What is irony?

500

The reader's attitude and emotions.

What is mood?

500

 These are works of fiction that are shorter than novels but longer than short stories.

What are novellas?

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