These are stories set in the past (pre-1970s) that try to accurately re-create that time period.
What is historical fiction?
100
A description of one thing as if it were another.
What is a metaphor?
100
These are beliefs or judgments that cannot be proven.
What are opinions?
100
This is the adversary of the main character in the story.
What is the antagonist?
100
This is a comparison of two unlike things using the words “like” or “as.”
What is a simile?
200
These are stories often set in worlds with rules completely created by the author that include talking animals and mythical creatures.
What is fantasy?
200
This is an exaggeration that is not to be taken literally.
What is a hyperbole?
200
This refers to a strategy in which you visually group or
organize related ideas and details.
What is a thinking map?
200
This is a problem or the struggle between characters or forces in a story.
What is a conflict?
200
This is the repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words.
What is alliteration?
300
This is a book about someone’s life written by someone else.
What is a biography?
300
This is a group of two or more lines in a poem.
What is a stanza?
300
In this stage of the writing process, the writer checks the strength of his or her argument or ideas. The writer may delete unnecessary information or add missing details.
What is revising?
300
This is another name for a story (fiction or non-fiction).
What is narrative?
300
These are rhymes that occur at the end of lines of poetry.
What is end rhyme?
400
These are stories that are driven by the mission to answer or reveal some unknown element.
What are mysteries?
400
This is a type of poetry with no set rhythm or rhyme scheme.
What is free verse poetry?
400
In this stage of the writing process, the writer adapts his or her outline and notes into a rough draft.
What is drafting?
400
This is the outcome of the problem in the story.
What is the resolution?
400
This is a type of poem that often uses musical language and expresses the ideas and emotions of a speaker.
What is a lyric poem?
500
These are books that includes true information about a wide variety of topics.
What are informational books?
500
This is a type of poem that tells a story. It has a plot, a setting, and characters.
What is a narrative poem?
500
In this stage of the writing process, the writer checks for grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling errors in his or her writing.
What is editing?
500
This is the broad, important idea in a story that is often a message from the author.
What is the theme?
500
This is a specific type of metaphor that is used throughout an entire poem or story.