Figurative Language
What do you call a comparison using "like" or "as"?
(Simile)
What part of speech describes an action or a state of being?
Verb
What genre includes made-up stories with magical creatures or impossible events?
Fantasy
What part of the story includes the most action or tension?
Climax
What do we call a word that means the same as another word?
Synonym
What kind of figurative language gives human traits to something non-human?
Personification
What is a conjunction used for?
(To join words or ideas together)
What genre is based on real events but may include some made-up parts?
Historical Fiction
What is a theme in a story? Give an example.
(Theme is the message or lesson; example: friendship, bravery, etc.)
What is a prefix?
(A word part added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning)
Boom," "crash," and "buzz" are examples of what kind of figurative language?
(Onomatopoeia)
What do we call a sentence that has two or more complete ideas joined without punctuation?
Run-on Sentence
What genre is meant to give information or explain something?
Non-fiction/Informational
What do we call the problem that the character must face?
Conflict
What is the definition of the word 'malicious'?
Intending to do harm
What two types of figurative language are in this sentence: “She was a statue, frozen in fear as the wind whispered warnings”?
(Metaphor and Personification)
What is the subject in this sentence: “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”?
(The quick brown fox)
What do we call short stories with a lesson or moral, often using animals as characters?
Fables
What is one way to “show, not tell” a character is scared?
(Example: “Her hands trembled as she backed away.”)
What is the definition of the word 'forage'?
find and collect
Write your own alliteration sentence about a thunderstorm
Thunder thrashed through the trembling trees.
What is the difference between a sentence and a sentence fragment?
A sentence is a complete thought; a fragment is not.
What is the difference between a biography and an autobiography?
(Biography is written by someone else; autobiography is written by the person it's about.)
He was nervous. How could you show this instead of telling it?
He bit his nails and kept glancing at the clock.
What is a 'cudgel'?
A wooden club