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Writing about things that are made up or created in the imagination.
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FICTION
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Writing that is based on factual information. Examples of this type of writing include TFK magazines and books that give facts on vertebrate animals.
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NONFICTION
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Stories that are written to be performed onstage by actors. The story is told through dialogue spoken by the characters.
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PLAYS
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Writing that presents ideas by using creative language, rhythm, and sound. It may or may not rhyme.
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POEM
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This type of writing always includes a narrator.
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PLAYS
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This sentence contains an example of a simile.
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Our new student, Emily, is as quiet as a mouse.
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Figure of speech that makes a comparison of two unlike things, using the words like or as.
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SIMILE
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This sentence contains an example of personification.
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The wind whispered in my ear.
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This sentence countains an example of a metaphor.
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Jimmy's legs were jiggling jelly as he stepped over the finish line.
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When the author of a fiction book chooses to make animals talk, what type of figurative language is he using?
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Figurative language
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Language that appeals to the senses and creates a mental picture.
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IMAGERY
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This type of writing may contain stanzas.
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POETRY
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This sentence contains an onomatopoeia.
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I know my cat is awake when I hear "jingle, jingle."
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A true book written about Daniel Boone is an example of this type of writing.
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BIOGRAPHY
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If someone writes a true story about his/her own life it is called an......
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Autobiography
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