Figurative Language
Elements of a Story
Vocabulary
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Genres
100

Giving a nonhuman human characteristics

What is personification?

100

where and when an event takes place in a short story

What is setting

100

It is what the passage or paragraph is about.

What is the main idea?

100

a struggle between a person or an outside force

What is external conflict

100

A prose writing that tells an imaginary story

Fiction

200

a direct comparison of two different things

What is metaphor

200

the most intense or exciting high point of a short story

What is climax

200

The reason why an author writes.

What is Author's Purpose?

200

a sign or warning of whats going to happen next

What is foreshadowing

200

Literature that is often written in verse and emphasizes the rhythmic use of words to create imagery

Poetry

300
extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole
300

the main events of a short story

What is plot

300

When you do not know the definition and you have to look around the word.

What is context clues?

300

visually descriptive or figurative language

What is imagery

300

Writing that tells about real people, places, and events; writing that conveys factual information

Nonfiction

400
the use of words that sound like what they mean, such as "hiss," "buzz," "slam," and "boom"
What is onomatopoeia
400

the lesson or moral of a story

What is theme

400

The feeling the author wants the reader to get.

What is mood?

400

Using prior knowledge and what you read to determine what is happening.

What is inference?

400

A type of literature that is meant to be performed allowed. Includes lots of dialogue

Drama (Plays, musicals, etc)

500
the repeated use of the same constant at the beginning of words
What is alliteration
500

the perspective from which the story's told

What is point of view

500

The vocabulary an author uses to show how he or she feels about a topic.

What is tone?

500

a comparison between two things: _______is to_______as_________is to___________

What is analogy

500

A subgenre of fiction: Usually takes place in a strange or mythical place. Can include magical elements

Fantasy

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