NonFiction Literary Terms

4. What is the definition of alliteration?

• a) A huge exaggeration

• b) Giving an animal human-like qualities

• c) The repetition of similar sounds at the beginning of words

• d) Two words that sound alike, but have different meanings

The main character in story who wants to reach a goal.

• protagonist

• antagonist

The character who prevents the protagonist from reaching his/her goal.

• protagonist

• antagonist

• main character

The word "genre" means...

• an animal
• a kind or type
• a food
• a genius

True story of a real person’s life from the past or present written by that person.

• autobiography
• realistic fiction
• biography
• poetry

a true story about another person's life written by another person

• autobiography
• biography
• historical fiction
• atlas

Fiction is

• Real Information
• Caption under a picture
• Made-Up Story
•  TV Guide

Dialogue is...

• a memory or experience the author writes about

• a conversation between characters or people in a story

• a type of figurative language used to make your writing interesting

• a part of speech that describes a noun

What is characterization?

• Character traits

• What a character says and thinks

• The process in which the author tells the personality of a character.

• What a character looks like and what are his actions

What is chronological order?

• Sequence of events/ time order

• random events

• Unknown events