Story Elements
Literary Elements
Figurative Language
Genres
Potpourri
100

This is the ending of a story or article

What is the conclusion/resolution

100
The message or lesson of a story
What is theme
100
Sound words- "pow" "buzz" "swish"
What is onomatopoeia
100
A story about someone's life
What is a biography
100
The parts that a word is broken into Example - cel*lo*phane
What are syllables
200

The conversation between characters; it advances the plot and reveals conflict.

What is dialogue

200
The use of clues by an author that suggest events that have yet to occur
What is foreshadowing
200
Example - Elizabeth is as fast as a cheetah.
What is a simile
200
Includes stage directions and dialogue
What is drama
200
When looking at a dictionary definition, this part of the entry helps you do what? example - [sel-uh-feyn]
What is pronounce the word (pronunciation)
300

This is where and when the story is taking place

What is setting

300
The perspective from which a story is told
What is point of view
300
Example - The earth is a green blanket
What is a metaphor
300

This genre means that the story is made-up

What is fiction

300

This is the lesson the author wants the reader to learn.

What is author's message

400

This is the main problem that drives the action in a story

What is conflict

400

A scene in a movie or book set in a time earlier than the main story.

What is flashback

400

Example - The tree danced in the breeze

What is personification

400

This genre has stanzas and lines

what is poetry

400

This is what the reading selection is mostly about

What is main idea

500

The turning point/most exciting part of the story

what is climax

500

The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage

What is mood/tone

500
Language that appeals to the 5 senses
What is imagery
500

A story that has gods, goddesses, and may explain something about nature

What is a myth

500
Words, phrases, or sentences around a word that help determine an unknown word's meaning
What are context clues
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