A girl from England becomes friends with Harriet Tubman and helps her find a new path for the underground railroad.
What is Historical Fiction
100
The main idea or lesson of a story.
What is Theme
100
A comparison between two unlike things using like or as
What is Simile
100
extreme exaggeration to make a point
What is hyperbole
100
The place, time and characters of a story
What is setting
200
A man travels to another planet and finds a new race of people who are already traveling through space.
What is Science Fiction
200
a warning of an event that will happen later in the story
What is foreshadowing
200
the act of giving human qualities to animals or inanimate objects.
What is Personification
200
A word whose sound suggests its meaning (Bang, smack)
What is Onomatopoeia
200
How the author has written a story that indicated how the author feels a particular way about the situtation, character or setting of a story.
What is Tone
300
A student searches for clues to discover what happened to his missing teacher.
What is a Mystery
300
How the author has written a story to cause the reader feel a particular way about the situtation, character or setting of a story.
What is Mood
300
An overused or predictable expressions.
What is Cliche'
300
a repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of words, (Sally sold sea shells by the sea shore)
What is Alliteration
300
The central problem in a story
What is Conflict
400
A boy becomes lost in the forest after going on a hike with friends. He must face the dangers of the woods by himself to survive and return home.
What is adventure
400
The perspective a story is written in (1st, 2nd or 3rd)
What is Point of View
400
A comparison between two unlike things (BUT does not use like or as)
What is Metaphor
400
A statement that is weakened to convey a stronger meaning
What is understatement
400
How the author has written a character so the reader knows what kind of person the character is.
We know the main character is kind because she was described as always helping other people in the story.
What is characterization
500
A girl discovers that the large stone she found is actually a dragon's egg when it begins to hatch in her bedroom closet. The girl learns to ride it after she realizes the dragon can speak to her.
What is a fantasy
500
The point in a story where the rising action has been leading to, and where everything changes after this event.
What is the Climax
500
An expression whose meaning differs from the literal meaning of the words (it was raining cats and dogs)
What is Idiom
500
An object that represents an idea
What is symbol
500
The setting, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution