Fiction
Non-Fiction
Figurative Language
Literary Terms
Genres
100

The character that goes against the protagonist.

Who is an antagonist?

100

Bedbugs are one of the worst household pests. This is an example of fact or opinion

What is opinion?

100

These are words that imitate the sound they represent.

What is an onomatopoeia?

100

This is the moral of the story.

This is the moral of the story.

100

What does the bee do? Bring home honey. And what does Father do? Bring home money. And what does Mother do? Lay out the money. And what does baby do? Eat up the honey.

What is poetry?

200

The hero/main character in a work of literature.

The hero/main character in a work of literature.

200

Ligon Middle School is located in Raleigh, North Carolina. This is an example of fact or opinion.

What is fact?

200

The crook was as sly as a fox.

What is simile?

200

This is considered the turning point of the story/the most exciting part of the story.

What is the climax?

200

This genre normal has a crime to solve.

What is a mystery?

300

This is the problem in plot development

What is conflict?

300

These help you to read a piece of informational text. They can be captions, sidebars, bold words, etc.

What are text features?

300

My computer screamed before it died a brutal death.

What is personification?

300

This is a paragraph in a poem

What is a stanza?

300

A story the deals with alien cloning.

What is science fiction?

400

This tells you the setting and the main characters that are introduced at the beginning of the story.

What is the exposition?

400

There are five types of text structures. Name them

What are problem/solution, cause & effect, description, compare & contrast, and sequence?

400

Choose the best answer. Which of the following is an inanimate object that can be personified? A. a star B. the dog C. Suzy D. Basketball team

What is A?

400

The four types of conflict.

What are man vs. man, man vs. self, man vs. nature, and man vs. society

400

A story about a girl and her pet unicorn.

What is fantasy?

500

This is the final part of the novel- the ending of the story.

What is the resolution?

500

Inform, Persuade, Entertain, Describe, or Express Feelings



What are examples of author's purpose?

500

My niece Laurel is a ray sunshine.

What is a metaphor?

500

These are the five author's purposes.

What is to inform, to entertain, to persuade, to describe, and to express feelings?

500

This is a story about the Holocaust but it has made-up characters that were not real.

What is historical fiction?  

600
These are the 6 main parts to _______ : Exposition, Conflict, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution.

What is a plot chart/diagram?

600

Cenral Idea 

Bonus: Fact, Example, Anecdote, Statistic


What is the main message or idea expressed in a non-fiction text?

Bonus: What are the 4 types of details used in informational writing?

600

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

What is alliteration? 

600

Connotation and Denotation

What are the ideas and feelings associated with words?

What is the defintion of a word? 

600

Eleven by Sandra Cisneros

Bonus: My Life With the Chimpanees by Jane Goodall and Horses As Healers Around the World by Carolyn Coy Scoppettone

What is realistic short story?


What is an autobigraphy and what is an informational article?