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Things dealing with Genre
Things dealing with Genre (Part 2)
Figurative Language
Things dealing with the Plot of a story
Reading Skills and Strategies
100
The true account of a person's life written by another person.
What is biography
100
a long work of fiction
What is a novel?
100
giving human qualities to an animal, object, or idea.
What is personification?
100
is a force that works against the protagonist.
What is the Antagonist?
100
process of forming a mental picture based on written or spoken information.
What is visualize?
200
The way in which literature is classified.
What is genre?
200
writing that tells an imaginary story; not poetry
What is fiction?
200
a comparison between two things without using the words "like" or "as".
What is a metaphor?
200
the struggle between opposing forces.
What is Conflict?
200
elements of a text that help organize and call attention to important information.
What is text features?
300
a form of literature meant to be performed by actors in front of an audience.
What is drama?
300
writing that tells about real people, places, and events.
What is non fiction
300
a contrast between what is expected and what actually happens.
What is irony?
300
the way a writer creates and develops characters.
What is characterization?
300
the central or most important idea about a topic that a writer or speaker presents.
What is main idea?
400
a writer's account of his or her own life.
What is autobiography?
400
fiction where a writer explores unexpected possibilities using scientific data and theories as well as his or her creative imagination.
What is science fiction?
400
an expression that means something different than the actual words.
What is an idiom?
400
the point of greatest interest in a story or a play.
What is climax?
400
a logical guess that is made based on facts and one's own knowledge and experience.
What is inference?
500
a story or novel set in the past that includes real places and events of historical importance.
*What is historical fiction?
500
a brief tale told to illustrate a moral or a lesson.
What is what is a fable?
500
a figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or humorous effect.
What is hyperbole?
500
the first state of a typical story plot, usually giving important information to introduce characters and setting.
What is exposition?
500
a visual tool that is printed, handwritten, or drawn to help readers comprehend.
What is graphic aid?