Fiction
Poetry
Drama
Non-Fiction
Extra Vocabulary
100

What is the sequence of events in a story called?

Plot

100

the “paragraph” in a poem is called?

What is a stanza

100

what are instructions for actors called?

What are stage directions
100

the reason a story is written– to persuade, inform, entertain or explain is called?

What is Author's purpose

100

What is it called when you  are comparing two things using “like” or “as”

It is a simile 

200

What is the bad character called?

Antagonist

200

What are clues in text that help the reader determine the meaning of a word called?

What are context clues 

200

What is the Person who wrote a play/drama called?

playwright

200

What is  a brief statement of main events of a story called

Summary
200

What is the message we should learn from a story called?

Theme

300

What is the perspective from which the story is told called?

It is Point of View

300

What is giving human qualities to non-human things called?

It is personification

300

What is a conversation between 2 people called?

Dialogue

300

What is the story of a person's life written by that person called?

Autobiography

300

What figurative language is an exaggeration called?

Hyperbole

400

What is the solution to a problem or final outcome of a story called

resolution

400

What is the "sentence" in a poem called?

Line

400

What is a story written to be performed by actors called?

DRama

400

what a piece of writing is mainly about is called?

Main idea or Central idea

400

What is a word part that can be added to the end of a word to make a new word called

Suffix

500

When and where the story takes place is called

Setting

500

What is the name of the person who writes the poems?

Poet

500

Who is the speaker or the person who is telling the story called?

Narrator

500

What are the clues the indicate something will happen later on in the story or future called?

Foreshadow

500

What are words that represents sounds called?

onomatopoeia