Elements of Fiction
Literary Elements
Grammar/Parts of Speech
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

A word used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things, can be common or proper?

What is a noun?

100
The words that explain what a picture shows.
What is the caption?
100

A type of fiction that is based on historical facts. Name the type and give an example.

What is historical fiction? Answers vary.

200
The problem of a story.
What is conflict?
200
The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.
What is a personification?
200

What is a word or group of words used before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show direction, time, place, location, spatial relationships, or to introduce an object? (under, over, beside)

What is a preposition?

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 comparison NOT using like or as?
What is a metaphor?
300
Identify the subject of the sentence: The cat ran across the street.
What is "the cat"?
300
The title of an article.
What is the heading?
300

What type of writing has a sequence of events in chronological order, an imagined story or tale with flashbacks or multiple timelines? It can also be historical, fictional, or non-fictional? 

What is Narrative Writing? 

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

A word that describes a noun or pronoun.

(Jane is a clever girl.)

What is an adjective ?

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
What are the kinds of comparisons that add layers to the meaning of the poem or story called?
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

What type of writing educates the reader by providing factual information about a particular subject?

What is Informational Writing?

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