Parts of Speech
Plot Structure
Figurative Language
Base Words and Affixes
Miscellaneous
100

This is the term for a person, place, thing, or idea.

Noun

100

This is the term for the people, animals, or objects that are involved in a story.

Characters

100

This term compares two things using "like" or "as"

Simile

100

What is the base word? 

Disagree

Agree

100

What is the difference between an author and an illustrator? 

An author writes the story, an illustrator draws pictures to go with what the author wrote.

200

This is the term for an action, or something you can do.

Verb

200

This is the term for where and when a story takes place.

Setting

200

This term uses the same beginning sound repeatedly (ex. big blue bubble)

Alliteration

200

What is the base word? 

Misfortune

Fortune

200

This is the term for why an author wrote a text.

Author's purpose

300

TRUE OR FALSE: A synonym means "same"

TRUE

300

This is the term for the issue, or challenge, in the story

Problem

300

This is what words that have the same ending sound are said to be.

Rhymes

300

What is the prefix? 

Unable

Un-

300

Another term for "main idea" or "big idea" 

Central idea

400

This is a "describing word" or a word that describes a noun (ex. red)

Adjective

400

This is the term for when the problem in the story is fixed.

Resolution

400

This is what you use when you label a poem based on how the last word in the line sounds.

Rhyme Scheme

400

What is the suffix? 

Turnable

-able

400

What are the three kinds of Author's Purpose? (Think PIE)

Persuade, Inform, Entertain

500

This is a word that describes a verb, or tells you how the verb is done (ex. slowly).

Adverb

500

This is the triangle-like set up for how we organize the events in a story.

Story mountain/story pyramid

500

This term includes all kinds of this specific language, including metaphors, similes, personification, and alliteration.

Figurative Language

500

What are ALL of the affixes? 

Disagreeable

Dis-, -able

500

What are three things that should always be included in a story retell?

Title, central idea, theme, relevant details, topic

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