Narrative Elements
The time and place of a story
What is the Setting?
Because I studied hard, that test was a piece of cake!
What is an idiom?
Doing a TDA every day would be tedious.
What is boring?
My friend drove my son and (I/me) to the appointment.
What is me?
The point of view is:
My family is going on vacation.
What is first?
The events in a story
What is the plot?
The big brown bear broke the baseball bat.
What is alliteration?
I have a plethora of cookies. Please, take as many as you would like.
What is extra/a lot?
The simple subject is :
The fluffy puppy played with the toy.
What is puppy?
The author's purpose is:
Sun chips are the best! You really need to buy them.
What is to persuade?
The main problem that drives the story
What is Conflict?
Billy is as cunning as a fox.
What is a simile?
The laceration on the boy's finger was not bad. It only required two stitches.
What is cut?
The simple predicate is:
We were walking to the park.
What is were walking?
Formal or Informal:
I can't understand this stuff.
What is informal?
The part of the story when the problem is resolved
What is Resolution?
My classroom was a zoo yesterday.
What is a metaphor?
The usually hyper child was strangely very placid today.
What is calm?
Catherine and (I,me) went shopping yesterday.
What is I?
The adverb is:
The lion roared loudly.
What is loudly?
The story's main message or meaning
What is Theme?
I have asked you to be quiet a million times.
What is hyperbole?
Maddie and her brother began to feud, so their mother sent them to their rooms.
What is quarrel? (argue/fight)
The antecedent is:
Tell Hailey I'll see her later.
What is Hailey?
The preposition is:
The cat jumped in the box.
What is in?