Story Elements
When and Where of a story
Setting
Big brown buggy bumpers
Alliteration
The thunderstorm ruined the outside wedding.
Man vs. Nature
2 words that have the same ending sound
Rhyme
What a story is mostly about
Central idea
The most exciting part of a story
Climax
The daisies danced in the wind.
Personification
My mom never lets me hang out with my friends.
Man vs. Man
These make up a stanza of poetry
lines
Using words that surround an unknown word to figure out the meaning
context clues
Problem in a story
Conflict
The runner was as fast as a cheetah.
Simile
Sheila felt so lonely at her new school.
Man vs. Self
Paragraphs in a poem
An Olympic swimmer drowning in a bathtub
Irony
The moral or lesson of a story
theme
You are my sunshine!
Metaphor
Paul got a ticket because he parked in a fire lane
An example would be AABBA
rhyme scheme
The way a certain word makes you feel
Connotation
1st, 2nd, or 3rd person
Point of View
Apple of my eye.
Idiom
These are the two types of conflict
Internal and external
Various answers
A statement that can be argued
Claim