"I am glad we are friends."
The narrator is one of the characters in the text and the reader sees the story through the character's eyes.
What is first person?
100
The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage.
What is mood?
100
The time and place in which a story takes place.
What is setting?
100
A fancy story of legendary deeds and creatures, usually intended for children. Often starts and ends with special words like "once upon a time," "a long, long time ago," and "they lived happily ever after."
What is a fairy tale?
200
The road was a ribbon of moonlight.
What is a metaphor?
200
The author's purpose in this text:
"You should go out and buy a pig today. They make the best pets ever. They are the only pet anyone should ever own."
What is to persuade?
200
interrupting the story with events from the past
What is a flashback?
200
What a piece of writing is mostly about.
What is main idea?
200
A story that is set during an actual event in the past, but also includes some fictional events and characters.
What is historical fiction?
300
The bonfire tossed sparks into the air and licked at the dark sky.
What is personification?
300
The narrator is not part of the action. The writer uses pronouns like "he", "she", "they". The reader knows the thoughts and feelings of one character.
What is third person limited?
300
When the author gives the reader a clue about what may happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
300
The most exciting point in the story.
What is climax?
300
A story or legend passed down from generation to generation as part of an oral tradition.
What is a folktale?
400
plop, buzz, snap
What is onomatopoeia?
400
A newspaper article is written to give you this.
What is information?
400
"Honesty is the best policy", "Giving is more important than receiving", and "Don't be afraid to try something new"
What are examples of theme?
400
the structure of events in a story, usually including rising action, climax, and resolution
What is plot?
400
Stories made up to explain natural events that could not be explained through science in the past. These stories have heroes and supernatural elements that got exaggerated with each generation and are hard to believe today.
What is a myth?
500
An extreme exaggeration.
What is a hyperbole?
500
Sally was excited for the game. Susan was nervous. Sarah did not even plan on showing up."
In this text, the reader is able to hear the thoughts and feelings of multiple characters. The narrator is not part of the action.
What is third person omniscient?
500
a situation or statement in which the actual outcome or meaning is opposite to what was expected.
What is irony?
500
This story element can be either internal, external or both
What is conflict?
500
Stories with talking animals, plants and creatures that were made up to provide moral lessons and are often found in children’s story books.