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Elements of Fiction
Elements of Nonfiction
Literary Terms
VOCABULARY
THIS and THAT
100
time and/or place of story
What is the setting?
100
facts, dates, objective point of view
What is informational text?
100
literary term: extreme exaggeration The earth quaked as he walked down the street.
What is hyperbole?
100
problem D _ _ _ _ N A
What is dilemna?
100
tone word that means thinking about something the "Piano Man" R _ _ _ _ _ TIVE
What is reflective?
200
the point of view that lets you know the most personal, innermost thoughts of character
What is 1st person point of view?
200
facts, dates, opinions, emotional words
What is persuasion, speech, arguments, a case?
200
a device to present action that occurred before the current time of the story
What is flashback?
200
Why/How are these words important to the story, poem, etc? SIG _ _ _ _ _ _ N T
What is significant?
200
always looking on the bright side O P _ _ _ _ _ _ _ C
What is optimistic?
300
to entertain or to make you feel something
What is the author's purpose in fiction?
300
language that is not "for real, for real" raining cats and dogs money growing on tress big as a house
What is figurative language?
300
detailed explanation
What is an ANALYSIS?
300
looking at the past with hopeful longing Awww. Remember when you used to sleep over, and we would make forts and stay up all night? NO _ _ _ _ G I C
What is nostalgic?
400
using words to make you feel a certain way I trudged to English class today.
What is tone?
400
What is the main purpose in writing a speech?
What is to persuade, convince, to offer reasons to change minds (NOT TELL, INFORM, OR EXPLAIN)
400
the lesson, moral, "preach," main idea
What is theme?
400
charts, graphs, headings, pictures, bolded words
What are graphics?
400
greatest, ideal, perfect, horrible
What are opinions?
500
Which is correct? busy mood tired mood scary mood
What is scary mood?
500
attempts to persuade the reader by showing how many people think something is true
What is appeal to statistics, numbers, or facts?
500
a variety of language distinct from the standard y'all hankerin'
What is dialect?
500
a feeling of deep sadness M _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Y
What is melancholy?
500
attempts to persuade a reader by repeating a message over and over again
What is repetition?