Writing Styles
A style of writing that is used to exhibit fear in a reader, often has a monster of some sort.
What is horror?
Compares to things using the words "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
Often the first sentence of a story, is used to grab the reader's attention the reader.
What is hook?
A book about a wizard who goes to a school for wizards.
What is Harry Potter?
Often described as "a person, place or thing."
What is a noun?
A style of writing that usually has some sort of magic and takes place in an imaginary world.
What is fantasy?
Compares two things without the words "like" or "as."
What is a Metaphor?
Often the most intense part of the book, where either the character will fail or succeed. Can be described as the final battle.
What is the climax?
A book about a "Little genius."
What is Matilda?
An action word.
What is a verb?
A writing style about a real person written by that person.
A literary device that gives human traits to non-human things.
What is personification?
The part of a story where the main problem is typically solved
What is the Resolution?
A book about a giant fruit and giant insects.
What is James and the Giant Peach?
A part of speech used to describe and noun.
What is adjective?
A type of fiction revolving around the impact or real and imaginary science.
What is Sci-fi?
What is Science Fiction?
A literary device that uses repetition of initial sounds.
Ex: Peter Piper Picked a Pepper
What is alliteration?
The part of the story where the problem begins to be solved.
What is falling action?
A book about someone being brought back to life. Often described as the first science fiction novel.
What is Frankenstein?
A part of speech used to describe a verb.
What is an adverb?
A book in which the reader decides what happens.
What are Chose-your-own-adventure books?
A phrase or expression that can't be understood from the literal meaning but rather a well known meaning.
Ex: It's raining cats and dogs
What is an idiom?
The second story going on during the main story, used to further develop stories
What are Subplots?
What are B-stories?
A tragic play write about two lovers who can never be together.
What is Romeo and Juliet
Used a long side a main verb to express tense, mood or voice.
Ex: Is
What is a helping verb?