Literary Elements
This story component refers to the time and place in which a story occurs.
What is setting?
A comparison using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
This activity happens during the first 10 minutes of class every day.
What is Bell Work?
This animal can’t jump — even though it weighs over 5,000 pounds.
What is an elephant?
The main character the reader is meant to identify with.
Who is the protagonist?
Giving human characteristics to an object or animal.
What is personification?
A word that describes an action, state, or occurrence.
What is a verb?
On Wednesdays, students complete this Bell Work activity using a creative prompt.
What is Creative writing practice?
The punctuation mark that is used for an exclamatory sentence.
What is an exclamation point?
The most dramatic part of a story, occurring after the turning point.
What is the climax?
A literary device where future events are suggested before they happen.
What is foreshadowing?
A word that modifies a noun (or a describing word).
What is an adjective?
This Friday activity allows snacks, blankets and pillows.
What is Reading Cafe?
This yellow and seedless fruit is actually considered a berry.
What is a banana?
A struggle between opposing forces that drives the action of a story.
What is conflict?
A contradiction in terms, such as "deafening silence."
What is an oxymoron?
A word that shows the relationship between a noun/pronoun and another word in the sentence.
Preposition
This end-of-class activity is collected as an exit ticket and logged for completion, not marks.
What is Free Write?
This planet spins so fast that its day is only about 10 hours long.
What is Jupiter?
This is the technical term for a plot diagram.
What is Freytag pyramid?
A reference to something outside the text, such as a historical event or another work.
What is an allusion?
A word that connects words, phrases, or clauses.
What is a conjunction?
What is a personal passion mini project?
What is 28?