This genre is likely to include magical creatures and impossible settings.
What is fantasy?
100
That game was dynamite! is an example of a _________.
What is a metaphor?
100
Realizing the young girl couldn't swim, the onlooker dove into the cold, dark water to save her. Choose the word that best describes the onlooker. a) brave, b) deceitful c) angry
What is brave?
100
This word is any literature such as a story.
What is prose?
100
This genre has verses or lines, stanzas, rhythm, meter and sometimes rhyme.
What is poetry?
200
Characteristics of this genre are the events in the story that could happen to anyone.
What is realistic fiction?
200
If the author writes "the bird glides like a plane in the sky", the author is using this type of figurative language.
What is simile?
200
Acting like the class clown, Jared went to school with all of his clothes on backwards. Which word would best describe Jared? a)evil, b) full of pride, c) silly
What is silly?
200
This is a lesson learned in a story.
What is theme or moral?
200
This genre is composed of a setting, stage directions, and a cast of characters.
What is a drama or play?
300
Literature in which words are chosen and arranged in a precise way to create certain sound and meanings is called...
What is poetry?
300
Bettie Botter bought some butter,
but, she said the butter's bitter
is an example of.....
What is alliteration?
300
Shannon stood up to the older boy at the bus stop when he tried to take Shannon's little brother's at project. Which word best describes Shannon? a) wise b) unkind c) fierce
What is fierce?
300
The sequence of events in a story including the problem and solution.
What is the plot?
300
This genre has a setting, characters, plot, problem and solution, and can usually be read in a short period of time.
What is a short story?
400
This type of literature are usually short and include talking animals. They always teach a lesson.
What is fable?
400
The flag was dancing in the breeze is an example of....
What is personification?
400
Realizing his son had not gotten out of the burning building, the father ran back inside. Which word best describes the father? a) easygoing b)intelligent c)selfless
What is selfless?
400
All of the characters in a drama are called this.
What is a cast or a cast of characters?
400
This is any type of literature.
What is prose?
500
A person's life written by another person is...
What is a biography?
500
"I told you a million times to pick up your shoes!" is an example of.....
What is hyperbole
500
Jasmine created a beautiful drawing. Choose the word that best describes Jasmine. a) kind b) selfish c) talented
What is talented?
500
What the solved problem in a story is called.
What is solution?
500
This genre has characters with super powers, gods and goddesses, and explains why something occurs on earth.