a. fiction- invented stories with imaginary characters
b nonfiction- true stories of actual events or people
c. drama/plays- a story for stage performed by actors
d. poetry- words arranged in metrical pattern, often using rhymed verse
e. folk tale- an anonymous story that was told rather than written down
2. Realistic Fiction – fictional story with characters that take part in activities that could really happen
3. Science fiction –fictional story involving actual or projected scientific phenomena
Historical Fiction –fictional story with characters that take part in actual historical events or characters from the past.
Fantasy/ Fairy Tale – fictional story set in make believe words often with non human characters
6. Mystery –fictional story with characters using clues to solve a crime or unexplained event
7. Information –is a book or article that introduces the reader to various topical material and “how to” information such as science, art, and specific craft projects.
8. Newspaper – daily or weekly publication of current events
9. References –informational sources such as encyclopedia, atlas, dictionary and directories
10. Autobiography –person’s life written about them self
11. Biography –person’s life story written by someone else
Figurative Language
Metaphors-compares 2 unlike items without using like or as
Similes- compares 2 unlike items using like or as
Hyperboles-an exaggeration
Onomatopoeia- sound device in which a word represents the sound
Alliteration- repetition of beginning sounds.
Personification- gives human traits to non-human things
Story Elements
Flashbacks- a character looks back and something that happened before the story begins
Foreshadowing- a hint or clue that something is going to happen
Falling Action-events following the turning point that includes the conclusion and solution
Rising Action- all the events leading up to the turning point
Theme- the central message expressed by the story
Character- a person or an animal that takes part in the action
Setting- time and place that the story occurs
Conflict- struggle between two opposing forces
Point of view-the vantage point from which the story is told
Plot- sequence of events that keeps the story moving
Turning point/climax-the point at which the events will go one way or the other/ the highest point of action
Antagonist-character that is in conflict with the main character/ villain
Protagonist-main character that is the hero
Narrator-the speaker or character who is telling the story
Narrative--the story
1st person point of view- Use I or me
3rd person point of view- a narrator is telling the story
Dialogue-the character’s conversation
Tone- mood or atmosphere in which the story is told
Other items on the test
Questions from
Danny Champion of the World
Wordly Wise Lessons 1-10
Crossword puzzles on pages 42,84,125-127
(Only the questions that pertain to lessons 9 and 10 on 125-127) the rest we will complete in May.