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Figurative Language
Non-Fiction
Essay
Fiction
You Should Know
100
Words that are sounds.
What is onomotopoeia?
100
A story about a person's life written by that person.
What is an autobiography?
100
What is the last sentence in the first paragraph that states the purpose of your essay
What is the thesis statement?
100
The time and place a story takes place.
What is setting?
100
What the story is mainly about.
What is main idea or central idea?
200
"She is as beautiful as a rose" is an example of...
What is a simile?
200
A story about someone's life written by another person.
What is a biography?
200
The first sentence of your essay to gain the attention of the audience
What is a hook/lead?
200
The most exciting part of a story.
What is the climax?
200
The way an author feels about his subject.
What is tone?
300
"I am as hungry as a bear" is an example of...
What is a hyperbole?
300
Information given at the bottom of the page
What is a footnote?
300
What is the first step of the writing process?
What is prewriting?
300
The ending of a story.
What is the resolution?
300
The feeling the author creates in a story.
What is mood?
400
"The chair jumped across the room" is an example of...
What is personification?
400
Non-fiction articles often have these headings that separate ideas?
What are subheadings?
400
When you present a viewpoint that goes against your viewpoint in an argumentative essay
What is a counter claim?
400
Point of view that uses "I".
What is first person?
400
Three reasons an author writes.
What is entertain, persuade and inform?
500
"The road was a ribbon of red" is an example of...
What is a metaphor?
500
The main purpose of non-fiction is to...
What is inform?
500
What are the three parts of a five paragraph essay?
What is the introduction, body and conclusion?
500
Five parts of the plot diagram (in order)
What is exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution?
500
Your Language Arts teacher's middle name
What is Lea?