Great Genre
This genre is based on a person or event from history.
Historical Fiction
This is the person or force that provides the conflict for the protagonist
antagonist
Internal Rhyme
To surprise her mother on her birthday, Samantha got up early and make coffee. First, she filled the pot with water. Then she cleaned and replaced the filter. Next, she got fresh coffee, measured just the right amount, and poured it into the filter. Finally, she pressed the "on" button and within seconds, the aroma of the fresh-brewed coffee filled the house. The MAIN text structure used in this paragraph is . . .
Sequence
“Don’t be Romeo in front of her.”
Allusion
Bonus: In Romeo and Juliet, the audience knows that Juliet is only asleep-not dead-but Romeo does not, and he kills himself. This examples illustrates which literary term?
This genre is the story of one’s life told by that person.
Bonus: The telling of a specific event or time in one's life is called this...
Autobiography
The part of the story where the plot takes a dramatic turn or change. It's also known as the turning point of a text.
Climax
The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.
Rhyme Scheme
Willow Creek is very different from New York City. There are no tall skyscrapers in Willow Creek. All you can see are fields and sky. Instead of taxicab horns and fire truck sirens, it is so quiet at night that you can hear the crickets chirping. The MAIN text structure used in this paragraph is . . .
Compare and Contrast
Patty drank from a bottomless glass of Kool-Aid.
Hyperbole
Bonus: What's the opposite of hyperbole?
Bonus x2: What's the fancy word for the opposite of hyperbole?
This genre contains monsters, magic, or other supernatural elements.
Fantasy
This is the part of the story that we are introduced to the main characters and learn more about the setting.
Exposition
A line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable.
Iambic pentameter
The music was blasting so loud, Marco thought his ears would burst. The stage was filled with bright blue laser beams and a shower of yellow and green paper streamers. All around him, the crowd was singing and dancing wildly. The MAIN text structure used in this paragraph is . . .
Spatial/Description
Peggy heard the last piece of cheesecake in the refrigerator calling her name.
Personification
Bonus: This example illustrates which TWO figures of speech?
This type of nonfiction provides actual information on a topic.
Informational Text
What a character that changes during the story is called.
Dynamic Character
Repetition of vowel sounds within neighboring words
assonance
Joey lost his science book. He knew he would be in big trouble if he was unable to study for the final. What should he do? He thought for a few worried moments, and then decided to retrace his steps. He remembered putting the book in his backpack that morning. He had taken it out at school when his friend Kim asked to look something up. Now he remembered - Kim still had his book! The MAIN text structure used in this paragraph is . . .
Problem & Solution
A chicken crossing the road is truly poultry in motion.
Pun
This genre has gods or goddesses and often accounts for how something came to be.
Mythology
A struggle between two opposing forces.
Conflict
A group of consecutive lines in a poem that form a single unit. It is comparable to a paragraph in an essay.
Stanza
Every spring, shortly after the tulips bloom, farmers in Holland go through the tulip fields and cut the blooms off the tulips. This seems strange, because it leaves a field full of green stems. However, it makes the colorful tulip blooms grow back even bigger and stronger later that spring. The MAIN text structure used in this paragraph is . . .
Cause & Effect
Despair and hope or Belief and denial...both illustrate this literary term
Juxtaposition