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Great Genre
Fiction Family
I'm a Poet
& I know it!
How Am I Arranged?
It's just a figure of speech!
100
This genre is based on a person or event from history.
Historical Fiction
100
This is the main character of a story.
Protagonist
100
Repetition of similar sounding words occurring at the end of lines in poems.
Rhyme
100
To surprise her mother on her birthday, Samantha got up early and make coffee. First, she filled the pot with water. Then she cleaned and replaced the filter. Next, she got fresh coffee, measured just the right amount, and poured it into the filter. Finally, she pressed the "on" button and within seconds, the aroma of the fresh-brewed coffee filled the house. The MAIN text structure used in this paragraph is . . .
Sequence
100
Alan’s jokes were like flat soda to the children, surprisingly unpleasant.
Simile
200
This genre is the story of one’s life told by oneself.
Autobiography
200
The part of the story where the plot takes a dramatic turn or change.
Climax
200
The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.
Rhyme Scheme
200
Willow Creek is very different from New York City. There are no tall skyscrapers in Willow Creek. All you can see are fields and sky. Instead of taxicab horns and fire truck sirens, it is so quiet at night that you can hear the crickets chirping. The MAIN text structure used in this paragraph is . . .
Compare and Contrast
200
Patty drank from a bottomless glass of Kool-Aid.
Hyperbole
300
This genre contains monsters, magic, or other supernatural elements.
Fantasy
300
This is the part of the story that we are introduced to the main characters and learn more about the setting.
Exposition
300
This poetry term demonstrates the long and short patterns through stressed and unstressed syllables particularly in verse form.
Rhythm
300
The music was blasting so loud, Marco thought his ears would burst. The stage was filled with bright blue laser beams and a shower of yellow and green paper streamers. All around him, the crowd was singing and dancing wildly. The MAIN text structure used in this paragraph is . . .
Description
300
Peggy heard the last piece of cheesecake in the refrigerator calling her name.
Personification
400
This genre provides information on a topic.
Informational Text
400
What a character that changes during the story is called.
Dynamic Character
400
Language used within a poem that appeals to one's five senses.
Imagery
400
Joey lost his science book. He knew he would be in big trouble if he was unable to study for the final. What should he do? He thought for a few worried moments, and then decided to retrace his steps. He remembered putting the book in his backpack that morning. He had taken it out at school when his friend Kim asked to look something up. Now he remembered - Kim still had his book! The MAIN text structure used in this paragraph is . . .
Problem & Solution
400
Kisses are the flowers of love in bloom.
Metaphor
500
This genre has gods or goddesses and often accounts for how something came to be.
Myth
500
A struggle between two opposing forces.
Conflict
500
A group of consecutive lines in a poem that form a single unit. It is comparable to a paragraph in an essay.
Stanza
500
Every spring, shortly after the tulips bloom, farmers in Holland go through the tulip fields and cut the blooms off the tulips. This seems strange, because it leaves a field full of green stems. However, it makes the colorful tulip blooms grow back even bigger and stronger later that spring. The MAIN text structure used in this paragraph is . . .
Cause & Effect
500
Up from his swampland, sliding silently toward that gold-shining hall.
Alliteration