Story Elements
POV/Character
Testing Vocab
Figurative Lang
6th Grade Random
100
What is the setting of a story?
Where the story takes place
100
When a narrator uses "I, Me," it is written in this perspective
First Person
100
What the story is mainly about
Main idea/central idea
100
To use strong exaggeration
hyperbole
100
Give one example of a character trait to describe a character in a story
kind, shy, funny, brave, bold, happy, sad, angry
200
What does it mean to compare and contrast?
To tell how things are the same or different
200
When the narrator uses "She, He, they" it is written in this perspective
Third Person
200
Data and/or facts that support your answers, ideas, and opinions
text evidence
200
Giving human characteristics to something that is not human
personification
200
Pairing what you read with what you know to make a logic educated guess
Making an inference/inferencing
300
The problem of the story
conflict
300
When the story is written from the perspective where you know the thoughts and feelings of all the characters
Third person omniscient
300
To give a short explanation that only includes the most important parts.
Summarize
300
She is busy as a bee.
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
Simile
300
Something that someone believes, but cannot be proven
Opinion
400
The message or lesson of the story
Theme
400
A character who changes throughout the story is called a ____________ character
dynamic
400
A word that has the same meaning as another word
Synonym
400
She sidesteps slowly toward the slithering snake.
Alliteration
400
When you use your senses to describe something or to help the reader get a picture in their mind
sensory details/imagery
500
List all the elements in the plot diagram:
Exposition
Inciting Incident
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
500
You can tell a character's personality by what the character ____, _____, and _____.
says, does, thinks
500
An opinion/standpoint on an issue that can be supported with evidence
claim
500
Which figurative language is the following sentence?
She is a tornado when she gets angry!
Metaphor
500
How the author feels toward a subject
Tone