Fiction
Non-Fiction
Figurative Language
Literary Terms
Genres
100

The character that goes against the protagonist.

antagonist

100

Bedbugs are one of the worst household pests. This is an example of fact or opinion?

opinion

100

These are words that imitate the sound they represent.

onomatopoeia

100

This is the moral of the story.

theme

100

What does the bee do? Bring home honey. And what does Father do? Bring home money. And what does Mother do? Lay out the money. And what does baby do? Eat up the honey.

poetry

200

The hero/main character in a work of literature.

protagonist

200

Ligon Middle School is located in Raleigh, North Carolina. This is an example of fact or opinion?

fact

200

The crook was as sly as a fox.

simile

200

This is considered the turning point of the story/the most exciting part of the story.

climax

200

This genre normally has a crime to solve.

mystery

300

This is the problem in plot development.

conflict

300

These help you to read a piece of informational text. They can be captions, sidebars, bold words, etc.

text features

300

My computer screamed before it died a brutal death.

personification

300

This is a paragraph in a poem.

stanza

300

A story the deals with alien cloning.

science fiction

400

This tells you the setting and the main characters that are introduced at the beginning of the story.

exposition

400

There are five types of text structures. Name them.

problem/solution, cause & effect, description, compare & contrast, and sequence

400

Choose the best answer. Which of the following is an inanimate object that can be personified? A. a star B. the dog C. Kate D. Basketball team

A

400

The four types of conflict.

man vs. man, man vs. self, man vs. nature, and man vs. society

400

A story about a girl and her pet unicorn.

fantasy

500

This is the final part of the novel- the ending of the story.

resolution

500

These words have opposite meanings.

antonyms

500

My niece Laurel is sunshine.

metaphor

500

These are the five author's purposes?

to inform, to entertain, to persuade, to describe, and to explain

500

This is a story about the Holocaust but it has made-up characters that were not real.

historical fiction