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100

Stories set in modern times with events that can actually happen

What is realistic fiction?

100
The time and place in which a story occurs.
What is setting?
100
A comparison between to unlike things using like or as.
What is a simile?
100
A comparision between two unlike things without using like or as.
What is metaphor?
100
Writing that uses cast of characters, dialogue, scenes, settings, set directions
What is drama?
200

Fiction in a historical setting

What is historical fiction?

200
A struggle or problem in a story.
What is conflict?
200
Fiction, Nonfiction, Drama, Poetry, Autobiography, Biography,
What are examples of genre?
200
The story of a real person's life that is written by another person.
What is a biography?
200
Biographies, autobiographies, and speeches are type of this.
What is nonfiction?
300
The sequence of events in a story.
What is plot?
300
A narrator in the story is telling his or her own story using pronouns such as: I, me, or my.
What is first person point of view.
300
This tells the reader what the section of reading is about.
What is heading or subheading?
300
This type of writing is used to convince the reader of the writer's point of view.
What is persuasive?
300
Writing that contains verses, lines, stanzas, and rhyme schemes
What is poetry?
400
The message or lesson the author is trying to give the reader?
What is theme?
400
The time order in which events happen.
What is chronological order?
400
When an author gives hints and clues about events that are likely to happen later in the story.
What is foreshadow?
400
This is a brief statement of the main events of a story.
What is a summary?
400
The people, animals, or object in a story.
What are characters?
500
The person or character who is telling the story.
Who is the narrator?
500
When a story goes back in time presenting the reader with events that happened earlier.
What is flashback?
500
The name used to identify the category or type of literature.
What is genre?
500
This is slanted text that identifies new or important words.
What is italic print?
500
Writing that inspires thought and expresses feelings.
What is poetry?
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