Figurative Language
Giving human traits to nonhuman things
Personification
Who was shot in “Monsters are Due on Maple Street”?
Pete Van Horn
A person, place, thing, or idea
Noun
Word or words that describes the action or what the subject “does” or “is”
Verb
This is the time and place in which a story is told
Setting
Compare unlike things using “like” or “as”
Simile
What happens to the cow in “Dark They Were and Golden-eyed?”
Grew a 3rd horn
Describes or modifies a noun such as small, large, or pretty
Adjective
Punctuation mark placed before a conjunction when combining sentences
Comma
Beginning of a story where characters and setting are introduced
Exposition
Type: “Rockets had spun a silver web across space”?
Metaphor
In “The Cremation of Sam McGee,” why were the characters in the Yukon Territory?
They were looking for gold—gold rush.
Modifies a verb, adverb, or adjective; many end in -ly such as quickly, softly, quietly
Adverb
Who or what the sentence is about: She jumped.
Subject
Sequence of events in a story
Plot
Word that imitates sound: boom, bam, pow
Onomatopoeia
What happened at the end of “Casey at the Bat”?
Casey struck out.
Word used instead of a noun; he, she, it, they
Pronoun
Which word shows ownership: “their, they’re, or there?”
Their
Universal message, idea, or lesson explored in a story
Theme
Exaggerated statement or claims
Hyperbole
Person who spread the rumor in “Mr. Peabody’s Apples”
Tommy Tittlebottom
Used to connect clauses, sentences, or words; and, or, but, so
Conjunction
Which word shows place: “there, their, or they’re”?
There
Writer’s attitude or feelings about the matter or subject
Tone