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FMS Middle School Reading Literary Terms -Game 1
FMS Middle School Reading Literary Terms -Game 1
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Literary terms from middle school reading class
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A Classification of literature, such as fiction, drama, poetry, etc.
Myth
Plot
Genre
Simile
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An American hero folktale full of extreme exaggerations.
Theme
Tall Tale
Imagery
Context Clues
3
Words, phrases, or sentences that give meaning to unknown words.
Suspense
Context Clues
Summary
Resolution
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A folktale, usually with talking animals, that always has a moral to it.
Fable
Analogy
Plot
Drama
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Restating something using different words(rephrasing).
Paraphrase
Suspense
Oxymoron
Resolution
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What a piece of writing is mostly about.
Plot
Context Clues
Genre
Topic
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Gives the main idea and important details of a passage
Fiction
Suspense
Summary
Tall Tale
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The message or lesson the author conveys throughout the story
Resolution
Theme
Main Idea
Fable
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A folktale(fictional story) about gods and godesses(mythology)
Myth
Genre
Plot
Oxymoron
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A comparison of two unlike things NOT using the words "like" or "as".
Simile
Metaphor
Connotation
Suspense
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A play written to be performed by actors.
Simile
Fable
Myth
Drama
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A comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as".
Repetition
Drama
Simile
Plot
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A type of literature that tells about real-life people, places, events, and things.
Fiction
Summary
Non-Fiction
Theme
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A comparison that shows a relationship between two things.
Analogy
Metaphor
Simile
Sarcasm
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A type of literature that tells a made-up story.
Drama
Fiction
Non-Fiction
Simile
