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Genres
Literary devices
Parts of Speech
Plot Parts
Quotable People
100
A fictional story in a historically-accurate setting
What is historical fiction?
100
an exaggerated statement not to be taken literally
What is a hyperbole?
100
I tell the kind of noun, As: great, small, pretty, white, or brown
What is an ADJECTIVE
100
Contains the characters, setting, and background information
What is the EXPOSITION?
100
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
200
A made-up story that is usually futuristic;involves science or technology that doesn't exist yet
What is Science Fiction?
200
a play on words
What is a pun?
200
A _____'s the name of anything, As: School or garden, toy, or swing
What is a NOUN?
200
The highest point of action in the story
What is the CLIMAX?
200
"A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness."
Who is Robert Frost?
300
A story addressing the origin, history, gods and goddesses, or heroes of a specific people
What is a myth?
300
"It's raining cats and dogs."
What is an idiom?
300
______'s tell of something being down: To read, write, count, sing, jump, or run.
What is a VERB?
300
The problem or situation that drives the plot
What is the CONFLICT?
300
"So many books, so little time."
Who is Frank Zappa?
400
This genre involves a puzzle being solved
What is a mystery?
400
"She is as sneaky as a snake."
What is a simile?
400
__________'s join words together, As: men AND women, wind OR weather
What is a CONJUNCTION?
400
The ending of the plot where the conflict is SOLVED
What is the RESOLUTION?
400
"Think before you speak. Read before you think."
Who is Fran Lebowitz?
500
a true story of a person's life written by that person
What is an autobiography?
500
"Her uncle passed away." I don't want to say that he died because that's too harsh.
What is a euphemism?
500
The _______ stands before A nouns: IN or THROUGH a door
What is a PREPOSITION?
500
Events that tie up loose ends and wind down the action
What is FALLING ACTION?
500
"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything."
Who is Mark Twain?