Show:
Character/Plot
Point of View
Figurative Language
Literary Text Structure
Genre
100
A person, animal, or other creature in a story.
What is Character
100

The story is told by one of the characters in the story. I looked up and down the aisle at all the packages of rice. Mom will never believe me when I tell her they are out of her favorite brand.

What is First person.

100
Those hats are a dime a dozen.
What is idiom
100
A long story written in sentences and paragraphs.
What is a book.
100
Includes many elements that could not happen in real life and occur in places that may not exist.
What is fantsy.
200
Qualities, that tell the reader what kind of person they are. A character may be honest, hardworking, shy or mischievous. For example, a shy character my have to act bravely in order to solve the problem.
What is Character traits.
200
The narrator tells the story using pronouns such as they, he, or she. The narrator knows everything about the story, including thoughts and feelings. Aaron stared at Evan, wondering why he was being so mean. Evan couldn't believe that Aaron couldn't understand his side of the story.
What is Third Person Omniscient.
200
Jeannie is a fountain of knowledge.
What is metaphor.
200

A division of a book into logical parts. ______ can be numbered and have names to tell what they are about. _____ may have a different setting or purpose within the text of the book.

What is chapters.

200
A plot in which a puzzle, riddle, or crime must be solved.
What is mystery.
300

A problem in the story that needs to be solved. It is introduced in the beginning of the story. Examples are person versus another person; some involve a character versus himself or herself; and some involve a character versus nature.

What is conflict.

300

This point of view is rarely used in stories but is often in poetry. This point of view uses the pronoun you. You trade as with sticks and clay, You thumbed, thrust, patted, and polished, Then laughed "They will see some day, Smith made and Gibson demolished."

What is Second Person point of view.

300
The chair felt sad and lonely when Uncle Joe was not sitting in it.
What is personification.
300

Literature written in lines with creative language and often includes rhythm and rhyme. Also, what are the lines called within this literary text structure?

What is poetry and stanza.

300

A plot with a lot of action in which the characters go on a journey.

What is adventure story.

400
In the middle of the story, the action rises and the characters try to solve the conflict. Near the end of a story, there is a ________, or action that helps the characters resolve the conflict.
What is climax.
400

When the narrator tells the story through the thoughts and feelings on ONLY ONE character. Netavia opened her book with a nervous feeling. The class stared at her. She swallowed hard and began reading aloud.

What is Third Person Limited.

400
The woman's face looked as wrinkled as an old paper bag.
What is simile.
400

1. Literature that is meant to be acted out. 2. Where as books are divided in chapters, plays are divided into ______. This is a part of a play with a particular setting.

What is Drama and scenes.

400

A made up story set in a real time in the past and includes characterizations of real people.

What is Realistic Fiction?

500

A ____________, is the way a conflict is solved at the end. A good story shows how a character changes throughout the plot. If you compare the beginning of the story to the end of the story, you may see how the character has gone through new experiences or has done things that he or she would normally not do.

What is Resolution.

500
Greg knocked at the door softly. When it opened, an angry face looked back at him. Greg was frightened, so he muttered an apology and started to leave. "Oh, you're selling candy for school, " the man said. Then he smiled and added, "Sorry to be rude. I thought you were someone else. I'd love to buy some!" What is the point of view and tell how you know.
What is Third Person limited because the narrator is not a character in the story, but the story is told from Greg's point of view.
500

The snow continued t creep up to my windowsill like an uninvited quest, peeking in, affecting my concentration, and overstaying its welcome. What kind of figurative language and how do you know?

What is personification because it gives human characteristics to the snow, which is not human.

500

1. When there is a pause in a story to describe an earlier event. This gives the reader additional information about a story or character. 2. A clue about what is going to happen later in a story.

What is Flashback and Foreshadowing.

500

I Survived The Attacks of September 11, 2001 The only thing Lucas loves more than football is his dad's friend Benny, a firefighter and former football star. He taught Lucas the game and helps him practice. So when Lucas's parents decide football is too dangerous and he needs to quit, Lucas has to talk to his biggest fan. On a whim, Lucas takes the train to the city instead of the bus to school. Its a bright, beautiful day in New York. But just as Lucas arrives at the firehouse, everything changes....an nothing will ever be the same again. What genre is this book?

What is Historical Fiction?.