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 person in a work of literature.
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
When a character sees something from their perspective.
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
the order in which events happen in time
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 inanimate objects that can be personified? A. a star B. the dog C. Suzy D. Basketball team
What is A?
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 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 character's attitude and emotions.
What is mood?
500
A folktale that teaches a moral or lesson, often with animals as characters.
What is a fable?