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Things associated with Genre
Things associated with Poetry and Writing
Things associated with Figurative Language
Things associated with Plot, Characters, and Story Characteristics
Things associated with Reading Skills and Strategies
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writing that tells an imaginary story, not poetry
What is fiction?
100
the side of an issue that the author favors.
What is bias?
100
a reference to a famous person, place, event, or work of literature.
What is allusion?
100
the form of a language spoken by a particular group of people.
What is dialect?
100
an opinion or belief that is taken for granted.
What is assumption?
200
type of fiction that is highly imaginative and portrays events settings and characters that are unrealistic.
What is fantasy?
200
the writer's unique use of language that allows the reader to "hear" a human personality in the writer's work.
What is voice?
200
a point by point comparison between two things that are alike in some way.
What is analogy?
200
the struggle between opposing forces.
What is conflict?
200
occurs when a writer provides hints that suggest future events in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
300
a brief tale told to illustrate a moral or a lesson.
What is fable?
300
expresses the author's attitude toward his or her subject.
What is tone?
300
an overused expression.
What is cliche`?
300
the point of greatest interest in a story or a play.
What is climax?
300
an interruption in the action to portray things that took place at an earlier time.
What is flashback?
400
a form of literature meant to be performed by actors in front of an audience.
What is drama?
400
The narrator is not a character in the story. The pronouns, he, she, it, and they are used.
What is third person point of view?
400
creating emphasis by saying less than is actually or literally true.
What is understatement?
400
the way a writer creates and develops characters.
What is characterization?
400
the central or most important idea about a topic that a writer or speaker presents.
What is main idea?
500
the true account of a person's life written by another person.
What is biography?
500
the manner of writing involving how something is said rather than what is said.
What is style?
500
a comparison using "like" or "as".
What is simile
500
is a force (usually another character) that works against the protagonist.
What is antagonist?
500
a logical guess that is made based on facts and one's own knowledge and experience.
What is inference?