GENRES
Vocabulary
Literary Terms
Character Traits
You Never Know!!!
100
A true, factual story is what genre?
Nonfiction
100
A synonym for built.
Constructed
100
The time and place a story takes place is the ___________.
Setting
100
A character who feels sorry for another person's loss is _____________________
Sympathetic
100
A character who is dishonest and unreliable can be considered ____________________
Untrustworthy
200
What genre is a make believe story that could REALLY happen?
Realistic Fiction
200
A soft song sung to a baby.
Lullaby
200
The hero or good character in the story is known as the....
Protagonist
200
A character who keeps trying no matter what and never gives is _________________.
Determined
200
This is what it is called when your personal likes and interests affect your opinions.
Bias
300
An EXAGGERATED story that is usually based on a real person from long ago is what genre?
Tall Tale
300
To do something on purpose is to do it ______________.
Intentionally
300
The villain or bad person in the story is known as the...
Antagonist
300
A character who never shares and is sometimes greedy could be called ____________________.
Selfish
300
If you repeat what someone says in an insulting way you are ___________________ them.
mocking
400
A story about a real person that is written by someone else is what genre?
Biography
400
What you would give to a person who just collapsed due to a heart attack.
Compressions
400
Name the five main types of story conflict. Each must start with Man vs. ______________ (Any order is fine)
Man vs. Man Man vs. Self Man vs. Nature Man vs. Society Man vs. Fate or Destiny
400
A character who is slow to learn things or catch onto things can be considered __________________
Slow-witted
400
The beginning of the story where you introduced to the characters and the setting is called the______________.
exposition
500
A story with MADE-UP characters that is set in the past, and may be based on real events from the past is what genre?
Historial Fiction
500
If you have a sureness in your abilities you have __________.
Confidence
500
When the sequence of a story gets interrupted, allowing the reader to go back in time and relive a key event in the character's life.
Flashback
500
A character who is so sly that they trick others in a bad way can be considered ___________________.
Deceitful
500
Name the five parts of the story plot.
Exposition Rising Action Climax or Turning Point Falling Action Resolution