Text Structure
Figurative Language
Short Story Elements
Grab Bag
100
This is the text structure you would find in a history textbook.
What is Chronological?
100
busy as a bee
What is simile?
100
These are the 5 elements of a short story.
What is Plot, Character, Conflict, Theme, and Setting?
100

This is when information is not given to you directly in a story-- it is gathered from what we know and what we believe.

What is inference?

200

The signal words for this text structure are: therefore, for this reason, and accordingly.

What is Cause and Effect?

200
You are what you eat.
What is metaphor?
200
This can be internal or external in a short story (fiction).
What is conflict? Name them for bonus 50 points each.
200

"SOLs are a total waste of time" is an example of this.

What is an opinion?

300

This is the text structure used in a book about ancient Greece that may explain how the Spartan women were different from the Athenian women.

What is Comparison and Contrast?

300
My teddy bear gave me a hug.
What is personification?
300
This is the message the author wants you to take away from the story.
What is theme?
300

What are the three components of a word (hint: think of your word parts).

What is prefix, root and suffix?

400

This internal text structure can be found in an encyclopedia and tells the explanation of a concept or topic by using synonyms and signal words

What is description?

400
She sells seashells by the seashore.
What is alliteration?
400
The part of the story that will give whether it was during a war or before there were cell phones.
What is setting?
400

This explains the relationship between two sets of unrelated words. 

What is analogy?

500

This text structure presents an issue as well as a verdict, conclusion, or final result.

What is problem and solution?

500
He was so hungry, he ate that whole cornfield for lunch, stalks and all.
What is hyperbole?
500
This type of person does not change throughout the story.
What is static character?
500
the story is told from an all knowing narrative voice outside the story-NOT by one of the characters, and uses pronouns like she, he, they, it, etc.
What is Third Person Omniscient Point of View?
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