Elements of Fiction
Literary Elements
Nonfiction Text Features/Structure
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous 2
100
The where and when (or place and time) of a story.
What is setting?
100
She was as busy as a bee.
What is a simile?
100
The words that explain what a picture shows.
What is the caption?
100
Identify the type of sentence: She has blonde hair.
What is declarative?
100

The three main points of view.

What are 1st, 2nd, and 3rd?

200
The problem of a story.
What is conflict?
200

The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.

What is a personification?

200

The structure that reveals the results of an event or action.

What is a cause and effect?

200

Identify the type of sentence: How was your day?

What is interrogative?

200

Something that is directly stated in the text.

What is an explicit statement?

300
The sequence of events in a story.
What is the plot?
300

A comparison NOT using like or as.

What is a metaphor?

300

Structure that describes steps of how to complete a task.

What is sequence/process writing?

300

Bedbugs are one of the worst household pests. This is an example of fact or opinion.

What is an opinion?

300

A conclusion drawn from evidence in a text.

What is an inference?

400
The lesson (main message) given in a story.
What is theme?
400

The heat from the sun was burning me alive.

What is hyperbole?

400

Writing structure that tells you how things are the same and how things are different.

What is compare/contrast?

400
Identify the type of sentence: That book was amazing!
What is exclamatory?
400
The three main author's purposes.
What is to persuade, to inform, and to entertain?
500
What makes up a character's personality?
What are character traits?
500

Drip, sizzle, pop

What is onomatopoeia?

500

Text that is written in an order or timeline format.

What is chronological order?

500

Baxterville School is located in Baxterville, Mississippi. This is an example of fact or opinion.

What is fact?

500

Fiction, Non Fiction, Poetry, and Drama

What are genres?

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