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Fiction
Non-Fiction
Figurative Language
Literary Terms
Genres
100
The use of clues to suggest events that will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
100
The story of one's life, written by that person
What is autobiography?
100
words that imitate the sound they represent
What is onomatopoeia?
100

Two people speaking back and forth. It uses quotes.

What is dialogue?

100
Fiction that is set in the past.
What is historical fiction?
200

The person, animal, or figure represented in a work of literature. They perform the actions and speak dialogue.

What is character?

200
a firsthand account of an event; includes diaries, journals, letters, speeches, news stories, photographs, and pieces of art
What is primary source?
200

The crook was as sly as fox. 

What is simile?

200

The perspective in which a story is told - who is telling the story.

What is point of view?

200
Verse that uses sounds, rhythm, and word choice to share ideas.
What is poetry?
300
The problem in a work of fiction
What is conflict?
300

This text structure lists events in the order in which they occurred. 

What is a chronological order?

300

My computer hates me.

What is personification?

300
man vs. man, man vs. self, man vs. nature goes with this literary term.
What is conflict?
300
Fiction that deals with science and technology, and adventuring into the unknown.
What is science fiction?
400
The story takes place in North Carolina in the 1980's. This description is an example of...
What is setting?
400
the side of an issue an author favors
What is bias?
400

Choose the best answer. Which of the following are nonhuman objects that can be personified? A. a star B. a lion C. a girl named Suzy D. a basketball 

What is A, B, and D?

400
The sudden moment when memories come back to a character.
What is flashback?
400
The author creates a magical world where anything can happen.
What is fantasy?
500

The point of the story where the story is the most exciting, where the main character must face off with their problem. The TURNING POINT of the story.

What is climax.

500
an author's reason for creating a particular work: teach, entertain, express an opinion, persuade, inform
What is author's purpose?
500

Extreme exaggeration used for emphasis.

What is hyperbole?

500

The speaker's, character's, or author's attitude and emotions.

What is TONE?

500
A folktale that teaches a moral or lesson, often with animals as characters.
What is a fable?