Fiction
Stories that are not true.
What is Fiction?
The main character of a story
What is the protagonist?
To use strong exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
I love going to baseball games they are so much fun.
What is one way to write the example above correctly without turning it into two separate sentences?
I love going to baseball games, for they are so much fun.
I love going to baseball games because they are so much fun.
This text feature provides information such as location, population, or weather of a particular region.
What is a map?
Where and when a story takes place.
What is setting?
Language not intended to be taken literally
What is Figurative Language?
"The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room." is an example of what type of figurative language?
What is personification?
Choose the correct word for the sentence below:
to OR too
Jamie and Sandra were excited about the summer vacation ______.
What is too?
This is a short version of the story that includes just the important details.
What is the summary?
Stories that include robots or futuristic elements.
What is science fiction?
A stage in the writing process when a written text is prepared for an audience by correcting grammar, mechanics and spelling.
What is Editing?
The perspective of the character in the story.
What is first person?
A word that describes a noun
What is an adjective?
This is a single sentence telling what an entire text is mostly about.
What is central idea?
Based on fact, but incorporate made up characters or story elements.
What is realistic fiction?
The highest point in the plot where the conflict reaches its peak.
What is climax?
This genre can be non-fiction or fiction and is written in stanzas.
What is poetry?
Coordinating conjunctions can be remembered by what acronym? HINT: you put a comma in front of them
What is FANBOYS?
Short answer responses should be supported using this.
What is text evidence?
This is the main message the author wants to convey in his/her story. This is the moral is the lesson that the writer wants you to learn from the story.
What is a theme?
The feeling created by the writer.
What is Mood?
A comparison of two unlike things by saying one thing IS another things (does NOT use like/as).
What is a metaphor?
Which sentence below uses the comma correctly?
Sentence A: Although the roads were clear, NMS started later than normal today.
Sentence B: However it was nice, to sleep in.
What is Sentence A?
A story written about a person by some other person.
What is a biography?