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 involved quotes.

What is dialogue?

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

The hero of the story.

What is the protagonist?

200

a firsthand account of an event; includes diaries, journals, letters, speeches, news stories, photographs, and pieces of art

What is the primary source?

200

The crook was as sly as fox.

What is simile?

200

"War and Peace" is an example of two things placed in context together to create contrast.

What is a juxtaposition? 

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

the order in which events happen in time

What is a chronological order?

300

My computer hates me.

What is personification?

300

Three lines and 5-7-5 syllables. 

What is haiku?

300

Fiction that deals with science and technology, and adventuring into the unknown.

What is science fiction?

400

The story takes place in North Korea in early 1990. This description is an example of...

What is setting?

400

the side of an issue an author favors

What is bias?

400

"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."

What is alliteration?

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 reader is the most excited. They do not know what is going to happen next.

What is turning point or climax.

500

an author's reason for creating meaning behind their storyline. 

What is the author's theme?

500

Extreme exaggeration used for emphasis

What is hyperbole?

500

A five line poem with a strict rhyme scheme of ABBAA. 

What is a limerick?

500

literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people.

What is fiction?