Parts of Speech
Story Elements
Literary Terms
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Literary Genres
100

A person, place, or thing

What is a noun?

100

The main character of a story

What is the protagonist?

100

Two word term for using words to mean something other than their literal meaning

What is figurative language?

100

The person telling the story

Who is the narrator?

100

This is a story about someone's life

What is a biography?

200

A word that describes.

What is an adjective?

200

The character who opposes the main character

What is the antagonist?

200

Saying "He's a fish" about someone who is good at swimming is an example of this

What is a metaphor?

200

This point of view refers to when the main character in a story is the one telling the story; it uses "I."

What is first person point of view?

200

This word describes made-up stories

What is fiction?

300

An action word

What is a verb?

300

The name for the path a story takes

What is the arc/narrative arc/story arc?

300

Saying "She's like a tornado" about someone with a lot of energy is an example of this

What is a simile?

300

This is how an author creates a convincing fictional character (hint: it has the word "character" in it)

What is characterization?

300

This kind of writing involves elements like rhyme, repetition, and figurative language

What is poetry?

400

The person or thing doing the action in a sentence

What is the subject?

400

The part of the story where the action reaches its peak

What is the climax?
400

This helps the reader imagine the scene by providing details

What is description?

400

This covers only the important details and/or events of a story or text

What is a summary?

400

This is when an author tells their own life story

What is autobiography?

500

The person or thing the action is being done to in a sentence

What is the object?

500

The beginning of a story, during which we get basic information about the characters and setting

What is exposition?

500

This kind of language helps readers to see, hear, smell, taste and/or feel what is happening in a scene

What is sensory language?

500

This is the message or lesson of a story

What is theme?

500

This describes writing that is about real people and real events

What is nonfiction?