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Elements of Fiction
Figurative Language & Poetry
Text Features & Reference Sources
Persuasive Text
Mixed Bag
100
This is the most important character in the story; without this person or animal the story could not go on.
What is a major character.
100
An example of this type of figurative language is: The girl was as swift as the wind.
What is a simile?
100
This is the reference source used to find synonyms and sometimes antonyms for a word.
What is a thesaurus?
100
This is the persuasive strategy that says something over and over again.
What is repetition?
100
This is the meaning of the prefix "re" as in redo, replay, review.
What is "to do again"?
200
In this point of view, the person telling the story is inside the story and uses words such as I, me, my, we, and us.
What is first person point of view?
200
This type of figurative language compares two things without using the words "like" or "as".
What is a metaphor?
200
This is the short description that goes with a picture to describe what is going on in the picture.
What is a caption?
200
This is the persuasive strategy that convinces the audience to "join the crowd" and to not be left out for not following their claim.
What is bandwagon/peer pressure.
200
These are two words that have opposite meanings.
What are antonyms?
300
This is the most exciting part of the story, when the character goes through a change and is faced directly with the main problem.
What is the climax?
300
"The sun smiled down on the children" is an example of this type of figurate language.
What is personification?
300
This is the reference source that can be used to look up any information found in all the other reference sources.
What is the internet?
300
This the persuasive strategy that uses either an expert opinion, a celebrity endorsement, or a normal person's success story.
What is testimonial/big names?
300
These are two words that sound the same, but have different meanings.
What are homonyms?
400
This is the lesson or moral of the story.
What is the theme?
400
"The dogs were statues as they waited for their food" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is a metaphor?
400
This is the reference source that is found in the back of a non-fiction book and is a list of important words and their definitions.
What is a glossary?
400
This is the persuasive strategy that uses exaggeration and stretches the truth of the claim.
What is hyperbole?
400
This is a type of short story with animal characters that talk and usually has the theme stated at the end.
What is a fable?
500
This is the point of view when we know all of the characters' thoughts and feelings.
What is third person omniscient?
500
This is the type of poem that looks like a diamond; it follows a pattern using either a certain number of words or a certain number of syllables.
What is a cinquain?
500
These are the two reference sources that use guide words.
What are dictionary and thesaurus?
500
This is the information that makes the author's claim strong. It answers the question "why?" and without it, the claim stands alone, without reasons.
What is the supporting evidence?
500
This is how we are going to do on our Benchmark Test next week.
What is amazing, outstanding, first in the district, even better than last time?