Story Elements
Grammar
Reading
Figurative Language
More Reading
100
A person or thing in a work of literature.
What is Character
100
A part of speech that describes a verb, ends in -ly
What is adverb
100
To give the main events of a story in the order in which they happen
What is Summarize
100
the actual meaning of the words
What is literal
100
a statement that can be proven
What is fact
200
Where and when a story takes place.
What is setting
200
A sentence that is incomplete
What is Sentence fragment
200
The author's reason or purpose for writing the passage.
What is author's purpose
200
to make a comparison using a linking word such as like, as,
What is similie
200
a statement that cannot be proven because it states a writer's belief
What is opinion
300
The events that happen in the beginning, middle, and end of the story.
What is plot
300
A word that is used to combine two simple sentences
What is Coordinating conjunction
300
to come to a reasonable conclusion based on evidence found in the text.
What is inference
300
to make a comparison without a linking word.
What is a metaphor
300
the most important idea that the author is trying to say
What is main idea
400
A lesson or message in a story
What is theme
400
Phrases that are used to show direction, location, or time
What is Prepositional phrases
400
The meanings of words and phrases and how they are used in the story.
What is vocabulary
400
requires you to analyze the words and sometimes make comparisons
What is figurative language
400
The order in which a series of events happens.
Chronological Order Sequence of events
500
The perspective from which a story is told; could be first or third
What is point of view
500
Words that have the same meaning
What is synonyms
500

Stories about popular beliefs in different cultures such as Greek or Roman gods and goddesses

What is mythology

500

Sayings and expressions that have non-literal meanings such as a piece of a cake

What are idioms

500
something that proves the truth of something else; to prove that the information is correct
What is evidence
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