Story Elements
A person or animal in a story or play
Character
Words that imitate a sound like "pow" or "crash"
Onomatopoeia
A phrase or group of words in a poem, similar to a sentence
Line
What the text is mostly about
When a text looks at how things are alike or different
Compare and Contrast
Where and when a story takes place
Setting
A comparison using "like" or "as"
Simile
A group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph
Stanza
A word that describes a noun
Adjective
When things are told in order
Sequence, or chronological
A thing that happens in a story
Event
Words that help readers visualize
Imagery
Words near each other with the same consonant sound, like big blue ball
Alliteration
Adverb
When a text looks at one thing that makes another thing happen
Cause and effect
How the problem gets solved
Solution
Metaphor
Two or more similar sounding sounds or syllables, like new and blue
Rhyme
The message or lesson of a text
Theme
When a text explores a problem and how it is solved
Problem and solution
The sequence of events in a story
Plot
When human traits are given to non-human things
Personification
The "beat" of a poem
Rhythm
Words spoken by a character in a conversation
Dialogue
When a text uses imagery & sensory words to let the reader visualize
Description