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Bonus Ideas
100
words, phrases, or sentences that are used over and over
What is repetition?
100
The people or animals in a story.
What are characters?
100
The perspective or vantage point from where an author tells a story.
What is Point of View?
100
A story or novel whose setting is in some period in the past.
What is historical fiction?
100
"The car walked down the street" is an example of what?
What is personification?
200
A sudden turn of events in a story.
What is a plot twist?
200
The general feeling the author creates.
What is mood?
200
When an author hints about the future.
What is a foreshadowing?
200
Writing about real factual events.
What is non-fiction?
200
"The student is a sponge for knowledge" is an example of?
What is metaphor?
300
Giving human qualities to non-human things.
What is personification?
300
Conversation between characters.
What is dialogue?
300
The person who writes a peom.
Who is a poet?
300
A brief piece of fiction.
What is a short story?
300
Something that has meaning in itself, but also stands for something else.
What is a symbol?
400
A comparison of two unlike things using like or as.
What is a simile?
400
"Philip found Fred" is an example of.
What is alliteration?
400
What happens in a story, including the problem, events that lead to solving the problem, and the solution.
What is plot?
400
A story an author writes about someone else's life.
What is biography?
400
Words used to say something other than their literal meaning.
What is a figurative language?
500
When an author creates pictures in the reader's mind.
What is imagery?
500
The type of character that causes trouble for the main character.
What is an antagonist?
500
The point in the story that is most exciting.
What is the climax?
500
A true story about a person's life told in the first person point of view.
What is personal narrative?
500
Name two poetic devices used in this poem. Boom Boom goes the sky, Crack Crack goes the lightning
What are onomatopoeia and repetition?