Genres of Fiction
Story Elements
Point of View
Name that Genre
Literary Devices
100

The beliefs or values of a group of people such as King Midas and the Golden Touch

What is a myth?
100
the location, time, time period, or weather in a story
What is the setting?
100
the narrator or author is a character telling the story
What is the first person?
100
King Midas and the Golden Touch
What is a myth?
100
the use of clues or hints in a narrative to suggest something will occur later in the story
What is foreshadowing?
200
events, people, or places may be real but the story is not
What is realistic fiction?
200
the person, things, or force fighting the main character
What is the antagonist?
200
the narrator focuses on the thoughts and feelings of just one character
What is third person limited?
200
Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel
What is a fairytale?
200
repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of words or similar sounds in words
What is alliteration?
300
animals speak and a moral is revealed
What is a fable?
300
the feelings a reader gets from the story
What is the mood?
300

the narrator addresses the reader

What is second person?
300
Harry Potter, Chronicles of Narnia
What is a fantasy?
300
words which imitate the sound that it makes
What is an onomatopoeia?
400
an event or real people from the past are mixed with made up characters or story line
What is historical fiction?
400
the satisfying end to the main problem in the story
What is the resolution?
400
the narrator can tell the thoughts and feelings of all characters
What is third person omniscient?
400
I Survived Series, Diary of a Wimpy Kid
What is realistic fiction?
400
deliberate exaggeration which produces a larger than life effect
What is a hyperbole?
500
stories that are scary and dark
What is horror?
500
the most exciting part of the story; the part that the reader is waiting for
What is the climax?
500
the narrator can report only the facts and can not see into the minds of the characters
What is third person objective?
500
The Magic Tree House, Little House on the Prairie
What is historical fiction?
500
events that take place which are set in a time earlier than the main story
What is a flashback?
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