Got Genres?
This genre consists of books that contain stories that could actually happen and are true to life.
What is realistic fiction?
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 is a type of speculative fiction that deals with futuristic advances in STEM.
What is science fiction?
These are exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
What are hyperboles?
This is how the author shows readers what a character in a literary selection is like; in other words, it is how the author creates the people in the book.
What is characterization?
This is the area of the library where you would find the call number B LEW.
What is biography?
This rhetorical appeal uses facts, logic, and reasons to appeal to the reader or audience's rationality.
What is "logos"?
This genre includes dark, suspenseful, plot-driven stories; they may realistic (ex. murder) or supernatural (ex. ghosts).
What is thriller?
The term for a thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material thing standing for an abstract concept. (For example, the baby birds in Touching Spirit Bear.
What is symbolism?
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 number 398.2 ROD.
This rhetorical appeal is used to persuade the audience based on the speaker's credibility, social standing, and/or knowledge.
What is "ethos"?
A book from this genre might include talking animals, wizards, or magic.
What is fantasy?
A direct comparison of two things in which they are said to be (in some sense) the same thing.
What is a metaphor?
The subject of a nonfiction piece of literature.
What is main or central idea?
What area with picture books have call numbers that start with "E"?
What are Everybody books?
A technique used to make the audience feel a certain way by eliciting an emotion(s).
What is "pathos"?
This genre of book involves solving a crime, puzzle, or other problem.
What is mystery?
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?
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To challenge or undermine a counterargument for the purpose of showing that a counterclaim or argument is incorrect.
What is "rebut" or "refute"?