literary terms

A story that is not true

• fiction

• non-fiction

A story that is true

• fiction

• non-fiction

The person who is telling the story

• author

• narrator

The person who wrote the story

• author

• narrator

This word tells the type of story that it is such as science fiction, historical fiction, etc.

• fiction

• non-fiction

• genre

What type of point of view is this passage?

"Yesterday, I went to see my best friend at her house. She was always my favorite person to be around."

• first person

• second person

• third person

What type of point of view is this passage?

"She was walking to the store when she saw a car slam into the trashcan on the sidewalk."

• first person

• second person

• third person

Which one of these is an example of figurative language?

• Her eyes sparkled like the sun shining on the sea.

• She had bright, blue eyes.

Which one of these is an example of literal language?

• Her eyes sparkled like the sun shining on the sea.

• She had bright, blue eyes.

A theme is

• a lesson learned in the story or the main focus of a story

• the genre of the story

• where the story takes place