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Figurative Language
Elements of Fiction
Types of Nonfiction
Literature Genre
Reading Vocabulary Terms
100
the comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as
What is a simile?
100
the people or animals who take part in the action of the story
What are characters?
100
a story written about someone's life by someone else
What is a biography?
100
words arranged in metrical pattern, often using rhymed verse in an imaginative style
What is poetry?
100
when a story is told from the viewpoint of a character in the story
What is first person point of view?
200
the comparison of two unlike things without using the words like or as
What is a metaphor?
200
a difference of opinion or disagreement between characters or happenings
What is conflict?
200
a conversation in which one person asks questions of another for the purpose of obtaining information
What is an interview?
200
imaginative, fictional stories involving actual or projected scientific phenomena
What is science fiction?
200
a person's belief or how he feels about something
What is an opinion?
300
giving human characteristics to a nonhuman thing
What is personification?
300
the series of events that make up a story line
What is plot?
300
the story of a person's life told by that person
What is an autobiography?
300
a fictional story with characters who try to solve a crime or an unexplained event
What is a mystery?
300
the most important thought or lesson in a piece of writing; can be stated or inferred
What is main idea?
400
when you deliberately exaggerate to create a strong effect
What is hyperbole?
400
the most important or exciting events in the story; the turning point of the story
What is climax?
400
a short piece of writing on a single subject, often found in newspapers & magazines
What is an essy?
400
a fictional story set in make-believe worlds, often with nonhuman characters
What is fantasy/fairy tale?
400
any clue the author gives to help the reader solve or predict what will happen in future events in the story
What is foreshadow?
500
the repetition of words that have the same beginning consonant sounds
What is alliteration?
500
the general topic or lesson expressed by the author
What is theme?
500
an article that provides facts about a subject
What is an informative article?
500
an anonymous, timeless, and placeless story that was originally told rather than written
What is a folk tale?
500
the way a story is written; an author's form
What is style?