Got Genres?
A book from this genre might include talking animals, wizards, or magic.
What is fantasy?
A comparison of two unlike things using the terms “like” or “as”.
What is a simile?
The time and place in which a story occurs.
What is setting?
This is the name of SRM’s online library catalog.
What is Destiny?
This is a statement made in response to another claim for the purpose of opposing it.
What is "counterclaim"?
This genre of book involves solving a crime, puzzle, or other problem.
What is mystery?
These are exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
What are hyperboles?
This is the main problem in the story that drives the plot.
What is conflict?
This is the area of the library where you would find the call numbers that start with B, such as B LEW or B MAR.
What is biography?
The writer uses this information to support their argument and help the reader form an opinion or reach a conclusion.
What is evidence?
This genre includes dark, suspenseful, plot-driven stories; they may realistic (ex. murder) or supernatural (ex. ghosts).
What is thriller?
A type of figurative language that involves giving human characteristics or qualities to a non-human thing.
What is personification?
In this point of view, the story is told from the perspective of "I" or "me." The use of this type of narrator limits what the reader knows to the information known by the narrator.
What is first person?
This is the area of the library where you would find the call number that start with numbers, such as 398.2 ROD, 600 SMI, or 793.7 GIV.
What is nonfiction?
This rhetorical appeal uses facts, logic, and reasons to appeal to the reader or audience's rationality.
What is "logos"?
This is a type of speculative fiction that deals with futuristic advances in STEM.
What is science fiction?
A word that mimics the sound that it represents, for example: "BOOM," "oink," or "sizzle."
What is onomatopoeia?
The message or messages an author is trying to convey to a reader in an informational or nonfiction piece of literature. (This is a two-word answer!)
What is main or central idea?
What area with picture books has call numbers that start with "E"?
What are Everybody books?
This rhetorical appeal is used to persuade the audience based on the speaker's credibility, social standing, and/or knowledge.
What is "ethos"?
This genre consists of books that contain stories that could actually happen and are true to life.
What is realistic fiction?
Words that are usually common to speakers of certain languages or regions that may be different from their literal meaning, for example, "It's raining cats and dogs!"
What is an idiom?
The message, usually about life or society, that an author wishes to convey through a literary work.
What is theme?
This rainbow pinwheel icon in Classlink contains the resources we use for online research at SRM. You might remember it from a social studies project you did this year.
What is Mackin?
A technique used to make the audience feel a certain way by eliciting an emotion(s).
What is "pathos"?