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Poetry
Figurative Language
Elements of Fiction
Genres of Literature
Reference Materials
100
The middle line of a haiku has this many syllables.
What is seven?
100
Bob built big bridges but Barbara baked bread. This is an example of what figurative language device?
What is alliteration?
100
The Setting is made up of these two details from the story.
What are time and location?
100
This genre includes characters that may include animals acting like people, include magical lands and non-realistic situations.
What is fantasy?
100
This piece of reference material contains articles on various subjects and is arranged in alphabetical order.
What is an encyclopedia?
200
A funny poem with 5 lines where the 1, 2, and 5th line rhymes as well as the 3rd and 4th.
What is a limerick?
200
Words that SOUND the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings.
What is a homophone?
200
It consists of the problem, the rising action, the turning point, the falling action and the resolution.
What is plot?
200
This genre would include stories that take place in the present time and include believable characters and situations that could actually happen.
What is realistic fiction?
200
This would be used to find the definition(s) of a word and the pronunciation of that word.
What is a dictionary?
300
This is the relationship of the first and seventh line of a diamanté poem.
What is they are opposites (antonyms)?
300
Words that have the same or similar meaning. Example: famished – starving
What are synonyms?
300
This is what we call the main character of a story. (The Good Guy)
What/who is protagonist?
300
This genre might include stories of time travel, life on distant planets, futuristic worlds and advanced technology.
What is science fiction?
300
I need to find out which countries border Ecuador. Where would be the best place to look for that information?
What is an atlas?
400
If the first letters of each line of this type of poem spell out the subject of the poem.
What is an acrostic?
400
Words with the opposite meaning. Example: big - little
What are antonyms?
400
The lesson or message the author is wanting us to understand.
What is the theme?
400
This genre would include stories about actual famous events that happened in the past and/or people who were famous who lived in the past.
What is historical fiction?
400
What are words that rhyme with “orange”? Where would I find out this information?
What is a thesaurus?
500
A shape poem takes the shape or form of the subject of a poem and often is called this type of poem.
What is a concrete poem?
500
These words represent sounds. Examples: splat, zoom, bang, and zip
What is an onomatopoeia?
500
This is the point of view if the narrator is an active participant in the story. You will find the pronouns “I” and “me” used in the story.
What is the first person point of view?
500
Stories from this genre are usually handed down from generation to generation. They usually contain a moral (theme or lesson) to be learned.
What is folk literature?
500
I need to know the population of the United States in the year 1900? Where do I look?
What is an almanac?