Genre
Plot
Fiction
Academic Words
Skills
100
A story that is not real, made up
What is Fiction
100
When and where the story takes place.
What is setting?
100
People, animals, imaginary creatures who take part in the action
What are the characters?
100
The action or series of events in a story.
What is the plot?
100
Giving a non-human thing human characteristics
What is personification?
200
A piece of work that is meant to be performed.
What is a drama.
200
The issue or struggle between opposing forces.
What is problem or conflict?
200
Occurs as the story continues; the problem or issue unfolds
What is the rising action?
200
A personal belief or judgement that is not founded on proof or certainty.
What is an opinion?
200
A comparison of two different things using like or as.
What is a simile?
300
A fictional story based on real life events
What is historical fiction?
300
The turning point of the story.
What is climax?
300
A series of three things or events that occur in the story.
What is the Rule of 3.
300
The attitude of the author toward the audience and characters
What is tone?
300
An author's writing, to persuade, inform, entertain, or explain something.
What is the Author's Purpose?
400
The major genres in literature.
What are Fiction, Non Fiction, Poetry, and Drama?
400
The ending of the story; how everything turns out
What is solution or resolution?
400
In a story, when the action begins to slow down.
What is Falling Action?
400
A concept whose truth can be proved.
What is a fact?
400
A way of speaking that is common to a particular region or community where you live.
What is dialect?
500
A piece of writing meant to provide information or explain something.
What is Non Fiction?
500
...describes the setting, introduces the characters, and sets the stage for the story
What is the exposition?
500
The message about life or human events that the author wishes to share with the reader.
What is theme?
500
The overall emotion created by a work of literature.
What is mood?
500
A direct comparison of 2 unlike things without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
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