Genre Junction
A genre that combines elements of fiction and fantasy with scientific fact.
What is science fiction?
This is the main character of a story.
What is the protagonist?
This is a reasonable conclusion based on evidence.
What is a claim?
This is writing or speech not meant to be taken literally.
What is figurative language?
This is a genre of writing that tells about real people, places, objects, or events.
What is nonfiction?
This is the character in the story that is presented as the main enemy or rival of the main character.
What is the antagonist?
These are exact statements from interviews or conversations.
What are quotations?
This is the use of vivid word pictures.
What is imagery?
What is fiction?
These are the qualities, values, and attitudes that a character displays.
What are character traits?
This is a writer's or speaker's word choice.
What is dictation?
This is a figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else.
What is a metaphor?
This is a type of autobiography that focuses on a particularly meaningful period or series of events.
What is a memoir?
This is when the central message, concern, or purpose is directly expressed.
What is the stated theme?
This is the dictionary definition of a word.
What is denotation?
This is a type of figurative language in which a nonhuman object is given human characteristics.
What is personification?
This is a concise, complete, and accurate overview of a text.
What is a summary?
This is when the central message, concern, or purpose is suggested by what happens to the characters.
What is the implied theme?
This is the set of ideas associated with a word, along with its meaning.
What is connotation?
This is writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the five senses.
What is sensory language?