Elements of Fiction
Literary Elements
Grammar
Nonfiction Text Features/Structure
Miscellaneous
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
Identify the type of sentence: She has blonde hair.
What is declarative?
100
The words that explain what a picture shows.
What is the caption?
100

What do we call information given from someone who experienced an event?

What is a first-hand account?

200
The problem of a story.
What is conflict?
200
The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.
What is a personification?
200
Identify the type of sentence: How was your day?
What is interrogative?
200
The part of a nonfiction book that defines words.
What is a glossary?
200
The type of writing which convinces the reader to agree with your point of view (opinion).
What is persuasive writing?
300
The sequence of events in a story.
What is the plot?
300

A direct comparison NOT using like or as?

What is a metaphor?

300

Identify the subject of the sentence: The researchers studied the golden kangaroo.

What is "the researchers"?


Bonus:  What is the direct object in this sentence?

300
The title of an article.
What is the heading?
300

"Go see what the principal wants."  What type of sentence is this?

What is imperative?


Bonus:  Would this sentence be considered to be written in 1st person, 2nd person, or 3rd person?

400
The lesson (main message) given in a story.
What is theme?
400
Carrie's cat clawed her couch, creating chaos.
What is alliteration?
400
Identify the type of sentence: That book was amazing!
What is exclamatory?
400
Author's purpose to tell you how things are the same and how things are different?
What is compare/contrast?
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

This type of language adds layers to the meaning of the poem or story, and increases ability to visualize parts of a piece of writing.

What is Figurative Language?

500
Edit the sentence correctly: hey is that your sister.
Hey, is that your sister?
500
Text is written in an order or timeline format.
What is chronological order?
500

Sam glared out the window.  "Why did it have to start raining just as they started to get ready for recess?"  What type of conflict is shown here?  

Character vs. Nature

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