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Fiction
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Grammar
100
Works of fiction often include a ______, or a message, about life.
What is a theme?
100
In ______ characterization, the writer describes the character.
What is direct characterization?
100
A ____ is the life story of someone that is written by another person.
What is a biography?
100
This describes one thing as if it were something else. For example: The house was a zoo this morning!
What is a metaphor?
100

Is this a simple, compound, or complex sentence?

Jim bought pencils at Walmart, and he bought pens.

Compound

200
Fiction is told for a certain perspective, or _____ of _____.
What is point of view?
200
In _____ characterization, the writer reveals the character through speech and actions.
What is indirect characterization?
200
This is a writer's account of his or her own life.
What is an autobiography?
200
This gives human qualities to something that is not human. For example: The cars growled in the traffic.
What is personification?
200

Is this a simple, compound, or complex sentence?

We went to New York City, then we went to Washington D.C.

300
This point of view is told from the perspective of a character in the story.
What is first person?
300
This is the use of clues early in a story to hint at events that are going to occur later.
What is foreshadowing?
300
This type of writing presents facts, discusses ideas, or explains a process.
What is expository or informational writing?
300
This uses LIKE or AS to compare two unlike things. For example: He stormed into the meeting like a tornado.
What is a simile?
300

How would you correct the misplaced modifier?

We had a pizza after the movie that was delicious.

After the movie, we had a pizza that was delicious.

400
This point of view is told from a perspective of a narrator outside the story.
What is 3rd person?
400
This is a placement of a scene within a story that interrupts the sequence of events to reveal past occurrences.
What is a flashback?
400
This type of writing is meant to convince the reader to adopt a particular point of view or to take a particular course of action.
What is persuasive writing?
400

What are extended speeches delivered by one character, typically addressing other characters or the audience?

Monologue

400

How would you correct the dangling modifier?

At five years of age, my parents gave me a tricycle.

My parents gave me a tricycle when I was five years of age.

500
Fictional works include made-up people or animals, called characters, and a made-up series of events, called the ____.
What is plot?
500
This is the story's conclusion.
What is the resolution?
500
This type of writing presents details in time order, from first to last- or sometimes last to first.
What is chronological order?
500
This is a use of words that imitate sounds. For example: Crash, Bang, Hiss
What is an onomatopoeia?
500

How would you correct the misplaced modifier?

He bought a doughnut from the bakery filled with jelly.

He bought a doughnut filled with jelly from the bakery.