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Figurative Language
Elements of Fiction
Types of Writing
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A comparison using "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
100
The moment in a story where the conflict is resolved. Is often the point of the highest action, but it doesn't have to be.
What is the climax?
100
The life story of a person told by the person him/herself.
What is an autobiography?
100
The most important idea in a piece of writing.
What is the main or central idea?
100
The term used for describing who is telling or narrating a story.
What is viewpoint or point of view?
200
A word that is formed using a spelling that imitates a sound.
What is onomatopoeia?
200
The series of a events that happen in a story.
What is the plot?
200
A story that is meant to be acted out in front of an audience.
What is a drama?
200
To figure something out based on given information.
What is inferring?
200
This point of view where a character tells what happened to him or herself. Uses pronouns like "I", "me", and "we".
What is 1st person viewpoint?
300
A direct comparison.
What is a metaphor?
300
Another name for the plot that refers to how the events increase the tension.
What is rising action?
300
A short piece of nonfiction writing that often consists of just a few paragraphs.
What is an essay?
300
To suggest or hint at.
What is implying?
300
A type of writing organization that demonstrates what happens after something occurs.
What is cause and effect?
400
An extreme exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
400
Something concrete in a story that stands for an abstract idea.
What is a symbol?
400
A small selection of writing taken from a larger piece of writing.
What is an excerpt?
400
The positive or negative feelings associated with a word.
What is connotation?
400
A type of writing organization where the events are presented in the time order that they occurred.
What is chronological order?
500
Giving a nonliving thing human characteristics.
What is personification?
500
Another name for the resolution of a story.
What is falling action?
500
A story that is based on historical facts that has lots of exaggeration.
What is a legend?
500
The attitude an author has toward a subject or a character. Examples include joyful, serious, humorous, or sad.
What is tone?
500
The story of a person's life told by someone else.
What is a biography?