Written Word 1
A genre made up of books or stories that are about real life.
What is nonfiction?
brief stories made up by an author
What is a short story?
A genre of stories made up by an author.
What is fiction?
What are fairytales?
A genre of stories that are intended to be performed.
What are plays?
The place in which a story happens.
What is setting?
A story that is told through the eyes of the main character.
What is first person?
The technique an author uses to make readers feel like they know a character.
What is character development?
Descriptions of sounds, smells, tastes, sights and textures.
What are sensory details?
The technique an author uses to make readers feel excited about what will happen next in a story.
What is suspense?
The use of two negative words when only one is needed.
What is a double negative?
A word, phrase or sentence that gives an order.
What is a command?
A sentence that contains more than one main clause but is not separated by punctuation or a conjunction.
What is a run-on sentence?
A particular person, place or thing.
What is a proper noun?
A pronoun that represents a person in a sentence.
What is a personal pronoun?
Punctuation makes that show someone's exact words.
What are quotation marks?
Punctuation marks that put two words together to make a contraction or show possession.
What are apostrophes?
Punctuation marks that make sentences into questions.
What are question marks?
A talk someone gives out loud to an entire class.
What is an oral presentation?
Punctuation marks used to introduce lists or direct quotations.
What are colons?
Giving an animal or object human feelings.
What is personification?
Language that departs from literal meaning to achieve a certain effect.
What is figurative language?
What is dramatisation?
The point in the story where the main conflict plays out.
What is the climax in a story?
The appearances, attitudes and beliefs unique to a character in a story.
What are character traits?