Story Elements
The order of events in a story
What is the plot?
The way a poem appears visually
What is the structure of the poem?
Fortunately, the explosion diverted the asteroid from a course that would have sent it hurdling into our planet. To divert is to ______
What is to turn or change directions?
What is a simile?
Words that have similar meanings
What is a synonym?
The moral lesson of a story
What is the theme?
What is a stanza?
I believe that if you lower taxes so that people can keep more of the money they earn, it will be an incentive for them to work harder. What is the meaning of “incentive”?
What is a reason to do something?
This compares without using like or as, it can be extended.
What is a metaphor?
A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
What is an analogy?
It's when a character is struggling with an external or internal force
What is conflict?
The lines in a poem are meant to be taken this way.
The news story was based on a letter that was a fabrication. Now the reporter who wrote the story is in big trouble. Will anyone believe him again? A fabrication is __________.
What is a lie or something made up/fake?
What is an allusion?
A word that means the opposite of another word.
What is an antonym?
These drive the plot through their interactions.
What are the characters?
A comparison that last over more than one line.
What is an extended metaphor?
Your plan looks good. I hope it will really work. It’s time to implement it and see if it’s as brilliant as you claim. What is does implement mean?
What is to carry out?
This is a statement that is exaggerated for emphasis.
What is a hyperbole?
What is the connotation?
The perspective from which the story is told, which can be first-person, third-person, or other perspectives.
What is the point of view?
"Our street is dead lazy this time of year" is this type of figurative language.
What is personification?
If your plan fails, we’ll have to find someone who can devise a better one. What does devise mean?
What is to design?
The act of giving non-human things a human characteristic.
What is personification?
A Japanese poem, consisting of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five-syllable