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Found at the end, it lists words and definitions used in the book.
What is the glossary?
The time and place a story happens.
What is the setting?
A made-up story that could happen in real life.
What is realistic fiction?
“He was as fast as a cheetah.” This is an example of what?
What is a simile?
What do you call the message or lesson of the story?
What is the theme?
This part at the front lists chapter titles and page numbers.
What is the table of contents?
The person or animal the story is mostly about.
What is the main character?
A story with talking animals or magical powers.
What is fantasy?
“The wind whispered through the trees.” What kind of figurative language is this?
What is personification?
When you tell what might happen next in a story, you are making a what?
What is a prediction?
“After hiking all day, they were parched and needed water.” What does “parched” mean?
What is very thirsty?
This is the problem in the story.
What is the conflict?
A story based on true events or real people from the past.
What is historical fiction?
“Her smile was sunshine.” This is an example of what?
What is a metaphor?
What do you call a short summary of the most important parts of a story?
What is the main idea?
This type of text structure gives details about a topic, like facts or features.
What is description?
The high point or turning point of the story.
What is the climax?
A story that includes futuristic technology or space travel.
What is science fiction?
A phrase that means something different than the words say, like “break a leg.”
What is an idiom?
When you use clues from the story and your own knowledge to figure something out, you are making an…?
What is an inference?
This text structure explains why something happened and what happened as a result.
What is cause and effect?
The way the story ends or the problem is solved.
What is the resolution?
Books that tell facts and information.
What is nonfiction?
What type of figurative language uses extreme exaggeration, like “I’ve told you a million times”?
What is hyperbole?
The part of the story where the most exciting or intense event happens.
What is the climax?