1. a type of writing, either fiction or nonfiction, that tells a story

2. NARRATIVE

3. writing that explains or informs

4. EXPOSITORY

5. a type of writing that attempts to convince the reader to adopt a particular opinion

6. PERSUASIVE

7. a story written to be performed before an audience

8. DRAMA

9. What are the elements of Fiction?

10. PLOT, CHARACTER, SETTING, AND THEME

11. What are the two types of fiction?

12. NOVEL & SHORT STORY

13. Give 4 examples of types of Nonfiction

14. INFORMATIVE ARTICLE, ESSAY, INTERVIEW, TEXTBOOK, BIOGRAPHY, AUTOBIOGRAPHY

15. What are the organizational features of Nonfiction?

16. TEXTUAL FEATURES GRAPHIC FEATURES STRUCTURAL FEATURES

17. a feature used to textually support nonfiction (headings, bold words, title, etc)

18. TEXTUAL FEATURES

19. a feature used to visually represent or support the text (chart, graph, etc)

20. GRAPHIC FEATURES

21. the way an author builds their text (problem solution, cause & effect, etc)

22. STRUCTURAL FEATURES

23. the most important idea that an author wishes to express

24. MAIN IDEA

25. a detail that supports the main idea

26. SUPPORTING DETAIL

27. What are the five common text structures?

28. DESCRIPTION SEQUENCE COMPARE AND CONTRAST CAUSE AND EFFECT PROBLEM SOLUTION

29. provides information about a topic

30. DESCRIPTION

31. events are described in the order in which they occur(ed)

32. SEQUENCE

33. similarities and differences between topics are discussed

34. COMPARE AND CONTRAST

35. Ideas, events, or facts are presented as causes in conjunction with the resulting outcomes or effects

36. CAUSE AND EFFECT

37. problem is presented followed by one or more possible solutions

38. PROBLEM SOLUTION

39. SIGNAL WORDS such as characteristics to illustrate a number of appears to be

40. DESCRIPTION

41. SIGNAL WORDS First next after Finally

42. SEQUENCE

43. SIGNAL WORDS although but either…or in common different from yet likewise similar to

44. COMPARE AND CONTRAST

45. SIGNAL WORDS if…then so accordingly consequently thus

46. CAUSE AND EFFECT

47. SIGNAL WORDS because in order to one reason for a solution for this reason thus

48. PROBLEM SOLUTION

49. STAGES OF PLOT DEVELOPMENT (PLOT COMPONENTS)

50. Exposition Rising Action Climax Falling Action Resolution

51. EXPOSITION

52. Characters, Setting, and situation are introduced.

53. EXPOSITION

54. The events leading up to the climax

55. RISING ACTION

56. The turning point of the story- most exciting part

57. CLIMAX

58. The action following the climax

59. FALLING ACTION

60. Tying up of loose-ends, The conflict is resolved

61. RESOLUTION

62. Driving force of plot development

63. CONFLICT

64. How are dramas divided?

65. INTO SCENES AND ACTS

66. The people, animal, or objects that take part in a story’s action

67. CHARACTER

68. Main character

69. PROTAGONIST

70. Force opposing the main character

71. ANTAGONIST

72. A character that does not change over the course of a story

73. STATIC CHARACTER

74. Character that changes over the course of a story

75. DYNAMIC CHARACTER

76. Qualities that a character possesses

77. CHARACTER TRAITS

78. When a writer or narrator states the character traits

79. DIRECT CHARACTERIZATION

80. When a writer depends on the reader to draw conclusions about a character based on that character’s actions and thoughts.

81. INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION

82. The reasons for a character’s speech, thoughts, feelings, or actions

83. CHARACTER MOTIVATION

84. What two things does setting include?

85. TIME AND PLACE

86. Central message of a literary work

87. THEME

88. What are the three purposes for writing?

89. ENTERTAIN, INFORM, OR PERSUADE

90. A direct comparison of two things

91. METAPHOR

92. A comparison of two things using like or as

93. SIMILE

94. An exaggeration used for effect, not to be taken literally.

95. HYPERBOLE

96. An expression that has a meaning particular to a region or language.

97. IDIOM

98. A similarity or comparability- Feet are to shoes as hands are to gloves

99. ANALOGY

100. Giving non humans human traits.

101. PERSONIFICATION

102. The repetition of consonant sounds.

103. ALLITERATION

104. Conversation between characters.

105. DIALOGUE

106. A long speech spoken by a single character in a drama.

107. MONOLOGUE

108. A regional variety of language differing from standard language.

109. DIALECT

110. The use of clues to suggest events that will happen later in the plot.

111. FORESHADOWING

112. A scene within a story that interrupts the sequence of events to relate events that happened before.

113. FLASHBACK

114. The difference between what is expected in a story and what actually happens

115. IRONY

116. The writer’s attitude towards his or her audience and subject.

117. TONE

118. The feeling of the story.

119. MOOD

120. A story told by a character who takes part in the action of a story.

121. 1 ST PERSON POINT OF VIEW

122. A story told by a narrator who does not take part in the action of a story.

123. 3 RD PERSON POINT OF VIEW