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About the Story
About Writing
Literary Terms
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100

The main story of a literary work

What is plot?

100
writing that is based on facts
What is non-fiction?
100
when you give human traits to an animal or inanimate object
What is personification?
100
fingers are to hand as ________ are to feet
What are toes?
100

it's raining hard

What is it's raining cats and dogs?

200

The person who does the art work for a story

What is the illustrator?

200
an essay written to inform
What is expository writing?
200
making a comparison with 'like' or 'as'
What is a simile?
200
"baa" is to sheep as __________ is to cats.
What is "meow"?
200
It's not going to happen
What is when pigs fly?
300

a story someone writes about their own life

What is an autobiography?

300

a letter written to convince someone to do or believe something

What is persuasive writing?

300
making a comparison without using like or as
What is a metaphor?
300

fish are to the ocean as camels are to the________.

What is desert?

300
two things that can't be compared
What is like apples and oranges?
400

the time and place of the story

What is setting?

400
the person who writes a poem
What is the poet?
400
a series of words that have the same initial sound
What is alliteration?
400

English is to the United states as __________ is to Guatemala.

What is Spanish?

400
almost impossible to find
What is like finding a needle in a haystack?
500

the main idea woven throughout the story

What is the theme?

500

the type of writing that tells a story

What is narrative?

500
the use of words that suggest the natural sound - for example: I heard the tinkle of ice cubes in the glass of tea.
What is onomatopoeia?
500

video is to see as ___________ is to hear.

What is audio?

500
money saved for the future
What is a nest egg?