VOCABULARY
STORY ELEMENTS
FOLKTALES
ANALOGIES AND WILD
CONTEXT CLUES
100

WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF GENEROUS

WHAT IS GIVING ARE SHARING MORE THAN NECESSARY

100

NAME 4 OF THE STORY ELEMENTS

WHAT ARE

CHARACTER

SETTING

THEME

PLOT / CONFLICT / RESOLUTION

100

WHAT IS A FABLE?

WHAT IS A STORY WITH


TALKING ANIMALS

ALWAYS HAS A THEME / MORAL

100

EAT IS TO FORK 

AS 

WRITE IS TO ____________

WHAT IS PEN / PENCIL

100

WHAT IS THE CORRECT DEFINITION FOR PARCHED?

THE ARID DESERT WAS SO PARCHED THAT NO PLANTS COULD GROW.

PARCHED MEANS

A. WET

B. DRY

C. COLD

D. WINDY

PARCHED MEANS

A. WET

B. DRY ***

C. COLD

D. WINDY

200

WHAT IS THE CORRECT VOCABULARY WORD FOR THIS SENTENCE?

THE TURKEY WAS VERY _____________.

WHAT IS 


SUCCULENT

200

WHAT TYPE OF STORY ELEMENT IS THIS? 

JUST AS SHE WAS WALKING INTO SCHOOL, LILA NOTICED THAT SHE HAD ON TWO DIFFERENT SHOES

WHAT IS

CONFLICT

200

WHAT IS A TALL TALE

WHAT IS A STORY THAT IS EXAGGERATED

200

USE THE WORD FACINATED IN A SENTENCE.  INCLUDE THE DEFINITION IN THE SENTENCE.

WHAT IS...


VERY INTERESTED

200

WHAT DOES THE WORD CLUMSY MEAN?


UNLIKE THE CLUMSY PUPPY, THE CAT WAS VERY GRACEFUL AND COULD JUMP FROM CHAIR TO CHAIR WITHOUT FALLING

CLUMSY MEANS

A.  QUICK

B. CAREFUL

C. AWKWARD ***

D. SKILLFUL


CLUMSY MEANS

A.  QUICK

B. CAREFUL

C. AWKWARD ***

D. SKILLFUL

300

WHAT IS THE VOCABULARY WORD THAT MEANS 


CLOSED TIGHTLY

WHAT IS


CLAMPED

300

WHAT TYPE OF STORY ELEMENT IS THIS?

THEY DROVE THEIR CAR SLOWLY THROUGH THE DESERTED GHOST TOWN.  ACCORDING TO THEIR GPS, THEY WERE RIGHT ON THE BORDER OF WYOMING AND MONTANA.  THE CLOCK ON THE DASHBOARD OF THE CAR SAID IT WAS 12:07 AM.

WHAT IS SETTING

300

WHAT IS A FAIRYTALE?

WHAT IS A STORY WITH MAGIC AND HAS A HAPPY ENDING
300

LEAF IS TO TREE

AS

_____  IS TO FLOWER

WHAT IS PETAL

300

WHAT DOES TIMID MEAN?


THE BOY WAS VERY TIMID.  HE NEVER RAISED HIS HAND AND ALWAYS SPOKE IN A VERY QUIET VOICE.


TIMID MEANS

A. BRAVE

B. SHY

C. FUNNY

D. LOUD

TIMID MEANS

A. BRAVE

B. SHY ***

C. FUNNY

D. LOUD

400

DEFINE THE WORD 


CHARACTER

WHAT IS A PERSON'S PERSONALITY

400

WHAT TYPE OF STORY ELEMENT IS THIS?

JEREMY CAREFULLY WATCHED HIS LITTLE BROTHER, IAN, WHO WAS PLAYING IN THE SANDBOX. HIS MOTHER HAD ASKED HIM TO HELP HER WHILE SHE COOKED DINNER.  SHE KNEW SHE COULD ALWAYS DEPEND ON JEREMY BECAUSE, AT ELEVEN YEARS OLD, HE WAS EXTREMELY RESPONSIBLE AND TRUSTWORTHY.

WHAT IS CHARACTER

400

WHAT IS A MYTH

WHAT IS A STORY WITH GODS/ HEROS THAT EXPLAINS WHY THINGS HAPPEN

400

NAME FIVE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT FOLKTALES

THEY ARE OLD, TOLD BY MOUTH, FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, FOR FUN, AND HAVE A THEME 

400

WHAT DOES TREACHEROUS MEAN?

THE ROADS WERE TREACHEROUS DUE TO THE ICY CONDITIONS.

TREACHEROUS MEANS

A. SAFE AND CLEAR

B.BUSY AND CROWDED

C. DANGEROUS AND RISKY

D. EXCITING AND FUN

TREACHEROUS MEANS

A. SAFE AND CLEAR

B.BUSY AND CROWDED

C. DANGEROUS AND RISKY ***

D. EXCITING AND FUN

500

WHAT IS THE VOCABULARY WORD THAT MEANS SAVING MONEY AND ONLY BUYING WHAT IS NEEDED

WHAT IS 


THRIFTY

500

EXPLAIN WHAT WW AND PP ARE USED FOR- 

 (WHAT DO THEY EACH MEAN AND WHAT STORY ELEMENTS DO THEY MATCH TO?)

PP = CHARACTER AND DESCRIBES PERSONALITY AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

WW = SETTING AND DESCRIBES WHERE AND WHEN

500

NAME THE FIVE KINDS OF FOLKTALES

WHAT ARE TALL TALES, FAIRYTALES, MYTHS

FABLES AND LEGENDS


500

NILE IS TO RIVER


AS 

_____ IS TO OCEAN

WHAT IS

500

WHAT DOES RELUCTANT MEAN?


SHE WAS RELUCTANT TO RIDE THE ROLLERCOASTER BECAUSE HER BEST FRIEND HAD GOTTEN SICK ON IT EARLIER THAT DAY.

RELUCTANT MEANS


A. EXCITED

B. HAPPY

C. HESITANT

D. EAGER

RELUCTANT MEANS


A. EXCITED

B. HAPPY

C. HESITANT ***

D. EAGER

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