Figurative Language
What is the repetition of beginning word sounds.
Alliteration
What is a story about someone's life written by that person.
Autobiography
This includes: first person, second person, third person omniscient, and third person limited.
Point of View
What are stories that are true?
Nonfiction
What is the main character in a work?
Protagonist
What is a comparison between two things that does not use "like" or "as".
Metaphor
What is a story about someone's life written by someone else?
Biography
This text type includes stage directions, dialogue, and often times descriptions of setting, etc.
Drama/Plays
This term is also known as the problem in a story.
Conflict
What is a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as".
Simile
Setting
What is the atmosphere created in a work? Think of the feeling created in the reader...
Mood
What is written in stanzas, may include rhyme, or be in free verse?
Poetry
What is the message in a story?
Theme
What is an extreme exaggeration?
Hyperbole
Bedbugs are one of the worst household pests. This is an example of fact or opinion.
Opinion
What is the author's attitude in a work?
Tone
What type of story is not based on actual fact, though it can be realistic.
Fiction
Cuckoo, Moo, Meow, Bang!
Onomatopoeia
The Catamount School is located in Sylva, North Carolina. Is this a fact or an opinion?
Fact
What is the character in conflict with the main character?
Antagonist
This genre of literature often includes science in someway or advanced technology.
When something represents/stands for a bigger idea in a work. Think about the blue mustang in The Outsiders.
Symbol/symbolism