genre
The true story of a person's life written by another person.
Biography
The true story of a person's life, written by that person.
Autobiography
Writing that is imaginary, but may include some truth.
Fiction
Used to separate an introductory phrase from the rest of the sentence.
Comma
A figurative expression.
Idiom
Stories with events that make the reader and characters feel dread or fear.
Horror
Writing that is factual and includes ONLY truth.
Nonfiction
Stories that could happen in real life, but the plot and characters are fictional.
Realistic fiction
When writing, you need these to show dialogue between your characters.
Quotation marks
Not meant to be taken in literal context.
Idiom
Stories based on historical events, facts, and settings, but with fictional characters and dialogue.
Historical fiction
Informational
Stories with problems that do not get solved until the end. The reader and the main character are challenged to solve the problem by uncovering a series of clues.
Mystery
Used to separate items in a series.
Comma
Giving human-like characteristics to an object.
Personification
Writing that often has a musical rhythm & expresses emotion.
Poetry
The plot of these stories revolve around a love story.
Romance
Imaginative stories that include characters or setting from other worlds. These stories often include fairies, magic, or talking animals.
Fantasy
What type of word describes an verb?
Adverb
This classroom is a zoo!
Metaphor
Stories that explain natural phenomena. These myths include gods and goddesses interacting with humans.
mythology
Stories that have a moral or a lesson. Animals often speak as humans in these stories.
Fable
Writing meant to be orally presented to inform or persuade an audience.
Speech
You use these when taking words directly from a text.
Quotation marks
When you compare two unlike things without using like or as.
Metaphor