Figurative Language
I quickly zipped up my zipper.
What is onomatopoeia?
This kind of folklore is always set in the Wild West.
What is a Tall Tale?
This is where conflicts are introduced into a story.
What is the rising action?
The time and place of a story is--
What is setting?
This text structure shows steps in a process (like a recipe or instruction manual).
What is sequence?
When his arm broke, it sounded like a gunshot.
What is a simile?
The enemy of the main character in a story.
What is the Antagonist?
The ending of the story where the problems are resolved.
What is the Resolution?
The turning point of a story is the--
What is climax?
This text structure lists events by using the years or order in which they happened like a timeline.
What is Chronological?
The halls sighed loudly as the students left for summer break.
What is personification?
A genre of fiction created by an author but featuring real-life events
What is Historical Fiction?
Words that mean opposite things.
What are antonyms?
Jenna's computer crashed causing her report to be lost; therefore, she would be penalized because her book report was going to be late. What type of conflict is this?
What is Man vs. Technology?
This text structure is this: I ate too much and didn't exercise so I gained weight.
What is cause and effect?
His foot is the size of a ship.
What is hyperbole.
Two types of figurative language that give readers clues about what will happen next in the plot and what happened before the story started.
What are Foreshadowing & Flashback?
This kind of folklore has talking animals and always includes a moral at the end.
What is a fable?
What are the two types of conflict?
What is external and internal?
This text structure appeals to the five senses and tells of lots of characteristics about one topic.
What is description?
My sons are tornadoes ripping through the house.
What is a metaphor?
This kind of fiction is always set in the future.
What is Science Fiction?
The narrative voice through which a character tells a story; this decides who tells the story and whether that person is called "I" or "He/she."
What is Point Of View?
The part of the plot that introduces the characters, setting, and conflict is--
What is exposition?
This type of text structure shows how two or more things are alike or different.
What is comparison and contrast?