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| Fable | Genre of literature which teaches a lesson and ends with a moral? |
| Simile | Figure of speech which makes a direct comparison between two unlike subjects using like or as? |
| Foreshadowing | In a lit work, what do we call the author's use of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur? |
| Autobiography | The type of non-fiction story in which a person tells his or her own life story? |
| Peevish | A word meaning cross or complaining? |
| Noun | Which part of speech is a person, place, or thing? |
| Prepositional Phrase | In the sentence, "The cat ran over the bridge," what is "over the bridge"? |
| Setting | What is the literary term used to describe a story's time? |
| Stanzas | How are poems divided? |
| Haiku | What is a Japanese poem with lines of 5 syllables, 7 syllables and 5 syllables? |
| Sodden | Drought is to parched as deluge is to what? |
| First Person | When a narrator tells a story from his own perspective using "I," what person is he speaking in? |
| Plot | What is a detailed sequence of events called? |
| Dialogue | What is conversation in a play called? |
| Homicide | What is the term for the killing of one person by another? |
| Proficient | If you were undergoing an operation, would you select a proficient or a fledgling surgeon? |
| Interrogative | What type of sentence uses a question mark at the end? |
| Imperative | If a teacher says, "Go get your book," what kind of sentence did she use? |
| You understood | What is the subject of the sentence, "Go get your book." |
| Myth | What is an anonymous story with gods and goddesses called? |
| Persuasive | What is the term used for a writing designed to convince the reader your opinion is correct? |
| Brought | What is the past tense of bring? |
| Is | In the sentence, "She is cool," what is the verb? |
| Period | What mark of punctuation goes at the end of a declarative sentence? |
| Linking | In the sentence, "She is cool," is is what kind of verb? |
| Semicolon | What mark of punctuation is used to tie two complete sentences together? |
| Watching | If you are a bystander at a parade, what are you doing? |
| Capitalize | What do you have to do to the first word of a sentence? |
| Indents | How do you know when the author starts a new paragraph? |
| Antonym | What is the opposite of a word called? |
| Animated | Which word is the synonym for spirited? |
| Climax | In a story, what is the point of the highest excitement? |
