Story Elements
Fact & Opinion
Reading Terms
Vocabulary
Synonyms and Antonyms
100
A person or animal in the story, play , or literary work.
What is a character?
100
Reading is hard.
What is OPINION
100
An idea about life revealed in a work of literature by what a character does or learns.
What is theme
100
A way of speaking typical for a particular region or group of people: "Y'all" or "howdy" in Texas.
What is DIALECT?
100
A word that means the same or has ___________ meaning is called a synonym
What is similar
200
Events that occur in the story
What is plot?
200
My mom's garden has red, pink, and white roses.
What is FACT
200
The goalkeeper was a rock! This is a comparison NOT using "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor
200
The final outcome of the story; how everything works out at the end of the story
What is Resolution
200
Words that have opposite meanings
What are antonyms?
300
The castle sat in a moat surrounded by murky water. This sentence depicts the ___________ of the story.
What is setting?
300
Abraham Lincoln was the best president of the United States of America. What word makes this statement an opionion?
What is BEST
300
A story that is not true or made up.
What is fiction?
300
The way the story or poem makes the reader feel.
What is MOOD?
300
Synonym for brave
What is courageous (answers could vary)
400
This story element can be either internal, external or both
What is CONFLICT
400
Mesquite Texas is a city in Texas. It's population is over 20,000 people.
What is FACT
400
He was as COOL as a fan.
What is figurative language or (simile)?
400
Grass:Green::Sky:
What is blue
400
Antonymn for weak
What is strong?
500
Overall emotion created by the work of literature
What is MOOD
500
A fact is something that can be ________________
What is PROVEN
500
The sounds of words that sound like the noises they make: "hiss, boom, sizzle, rattle, screech."
What ONOMATOPOEIA?
500
The attitude the writer conveys about the subject he or she is writing about.
What is TONE?
500
salt : pepper :: sun :_________
What is moon?
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