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Figurative Language
Non-Fiction
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Fiction
You Should Know
100
A word whose sound imitates the actual sound to which it refers.
What is onomotopoeia?
100
A story about a person's life written by that person.
What is an autobiography?
100
A group or chunk of lines in a poem
What is a stanza?
100
The time and place a story takes place.
What is setting?
100
The name for the beginning of a story in which background information is provided.
What is exposition?
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 name for the type of writing that is intended to explain
What is expository?
200
The most exciting part or turning point 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 - and simile?
300
Writing that is a shorter version of another's original work, which does not contain the same words as the original.
What is a summary?
300
The name for a type of writing that consists of a story
What is a narrative?
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
The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.
What is plagiarism?
400
The name for a type of writing that is mean to convince readers of something.
What is persuasive?
400
Point of view that uses "I".
What is first person?
400
These are used for contractions and to signal possession.
What are apostrophes?
500
"The road was a ribbon of red" is an example of...
What is a metaphor?
500
To express the meaning of something written or spoken using different words, especially to make the original easier to understand
What is paraphrase?
500
The name for the first sentence in a paragraph.
What is a topic sentence?
500
Three different ways the author reveals his characters.
What is what the characters says, what the character does, and what others say about the character?
500
name for these types of words: first, additionally, second, therefore, consequently, as a result, next
What are transition words?