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Fiction
Nonfiction
Literary Devices
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100
The speaker of fictional writing
What is a narrator?
100
A type of nonfiction that tells the story of the author's life and reflects the writer's thoughts and feelings.
What is an autobiography or memoir?
100
A comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as.
What is a simile?
100
A syllable or groups of syllables joined at the beginning of a word to make a new word or change its meaning.
What is prefix?
100
An author's main reason for writing. It may range from the following-to inform, to entertain, to persuade, to create a mood.
What is author's purpose
200
A message about life taught through fictional writing
What is a theme or moral?
200
A type of noniction writing that presents a series of arguments to convince readers to believe or act a certain way.
What is persusive writing?
200
This type of figurative language gives humanlike qualities to something that is non-human
What is personification?
200
The surrounding text- the words and phrases around the word that give clues to the meaning of a word.
What are context clues?
200
The story's conclusion when the conflict comes to an end.
What is resolution?
300
The events of a story in chronological order
What is plot?
300
Events that can be proven vs. personal beliefs
What is fact and opinion?
300
A deliberate exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
300
Two words that mean the opposite of one another.
What is antonym?
300
A logical assumption about information or ideas that are not directly stated.
What is an inference?
400
A point of view that allows readers to be aware of all the characters' thoughts through speech and actions.
What is omniscient point of view?
400
This helps the reader understand the political, social events, and trends of a time period.
What is historical context?
400
A type of figurative language that provides an idea or image to represent something else.
What is symbol?
400
Two or more words that sound the same but are spelled different and have different meanings.
What is homophone?
400
The emotions or goals that drive the charcters' actions in a story.
What is character's motive
500
When the writer reveals a character's traits through character's speech and actions
What is indirect characterization?
500
An organization of nonfiction that explains ideas, events, or processes.
What is expository writing?
500
An outcome contrary to what was or may have been expected.
What is situational irony?
500
Two or more words that are spelled the same but have different meanings.
What is homonym?
500
This part of plot introduces the settig of a story, the characters, and the basic situation.
What is exposition?