Plot Elements
This is the beginning of a story where the characters and setting are introduced.
What is introduction/exposition?
This part of speech describes the noun.
What is an adjective?
To void or cancel something.
Context Clue:
I have too many tickets because of speeding, so my license has been ___________ for 3 months.
What is revoke?
Giving human qualities to a non-human object.
What is personification?
A series about a boy Wizard who attends Hogwarts.
What is Harry Potter?
The most intense, exciting, or important point of the story.
What is the climax?
"Running through the park, she tripped on a rock."
Identify the verbs.
What are running and tripped?
To do or perform something. To pledge, or agree, to a certain activity or position.
Brian was a great athlete with a perfect GPA, so when it came time to choose where to go to college, he ______________ to University of Alabama.
what is commit or committed?
A comparison using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
This book features a contest in which 24 children fight to the death.
What is The Hunger Games?
The struggle between two opposing forces.
What is the conflict?
"Under the tree slept a tired dog."
What is the subject of the sentence?
What is the tired dog?
To examine closely and carefully.
Our teacher told us to __________ the text.
What is analyze?
Principal Peterson picked pickles for Petunia.
What is an alliteration?
A book where a young girl travels by hurricane and accidently kills two sisters. She meets 3 new friends who help her travel to a fake magician with the hopes of having all their dreams come true.
What is "The Wizard of Oz"?
Events that occur after the climax and lead to the resolution.
What is the falling action?
Fix the error: "He don't like broccoli."
What is "He doesn't like broccoli?"
To make something clear or explain.
My mom was confused as to where I was, so I had to _____________.
What is clarify?
A word whose sound suggest it's meaning.
example : buzz, bang
What is an onomatopoeia?
In this novel, a new girl makes friends with the boy next door. They create their own imaginary place in the forest, where they go to play.
What is "The Bridge to Teribethia?"
The character who opposes the protagonist.
What is the antagonist?
Identify the type of sentence: "Because it was raining, we stayed inside."
What is a complex sentence?
To leave something out.
What is omit?
An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.
What is hyperbole?
In this novel, a young girl finds a secret passage to an alternate universe where everything is different and people have buttons for eyes.
What is "Coraline"?