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100
Comparison between to unlike things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
100
What do you call a story that is passed down from generation to generation and teaches a lesson?
What is a folktale?
100
The story of someone's life written by that person
What is an autobiography?
100
The genre of literature often referred to as a "Stage Play
What is a drama?
100
Feeling or atmosphere of a literary work
What is mood?
200
What is the person or animal in a story called?
Character
200
The correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words.
What is rhyme?
200
The high and/or turning point in a literary work
What is climax?
200
Struggle between forces in a story
What is conflict?
200
The genre of literature that is based on facts
What is non-fiction?
300
What is the time and place where a story happens?
Setting
300
Story told from the viewpoint of a character in the story using I or me.
What is first person point-of-view?
300
A genre of writing that uses lines and/or stanzas
What is poetry?
300
Words that imitate sounds
What is onomatopoeia?
300
Conversation between characters in a literary work
What is dialogue?
400
What do we call a problem that a character faces in a story?
Conflict
400
What are the 5 "W" to ask yourself before, during, and after reading?
What is When? Who? What? Where? Why?
400
What?
What is inferences?
400
Clues and hints ahead of time of events to come
What is foreshadowing?
400
Rival or enemy of the main character or protagonist
Who is the antagonist?
500
What is the most exciting part of the story called?
Climax
500
When retelling a story, what are the sequence words to use?
What is First, Next, Then, Later and Finally.
500
Elements of Poetry: What is a Line Break?
Where each lilne of the text ends
500
Giving human-like characteristics to something non-human
What is personification?
500
The form of figurative language that makes a direct comparison between two unlike things
What is a metaphor?