Nonfiction
Fiction
Poetry
Drama
Famous Authors
100
Story written by an author about themselves
What is an autobiography?
100
Sequence of events
What is plot?
100
Words that sound the same, but do not mean the same thing
What is rhyme?
100
A drama that has a happy ending, which may or may not be funny
What is a comedy?
100
"The Secret Life of Bees"
What is Sue Monk Kidd?
200
A story written about someone else
What is a biography?
200
Making an assumption that an entire group performs a certain action
What is a generalization?
200
A literary term used to describe a comparison of two or more objects using 'like' or 'as'
What is a similie?
200
A struggle between two opposing forces; this may be against two people, or within one self
What is a conflict?
200
"Diary of a Wimpy Kid", "The Last Straw", "Dog Days"
What is Jeff Kinney
300
A story about a particular topic
What is an essay?
300
The turning point of a story
What is the climax?
300
A literary term used to compare two or more objects as though it were another.
What is a metaphor?
300
The conversation of characters in a drama
What is dialogue?
300
"Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus", "Junie B. Jones is not a Crook", "Junie B's Essential Survival Guide To School"
What is Barbara Park?
400
A particular work that tells a true story.
What is a narrative essay?
400
A work that took place in the past
What is historical fiction?
400
A paragraph
What is a stanza?
400
Figure of speech involving great exaggeration
What is a hyperbole?
400
"The Hostile Hospital", "The Austere Academy", "The End"
What is Lemony Snicket?
500
A story that tries to convince another person to accept something or the author's perspective
What is a persuasive essay?
500
The message of a story, which may or may not be stated directly in the passage
What is the theme?
500
A poem in the shape of whatever the poem is about.
What is a concrete poem?
500
Chapters of a drama
What are acts?
500
"Romeo and Juliet", "Hamlet", "Macbeth"
What is Shakespeare?
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