Story Elements
Figurative Language
Poetry
Who's Speaking
Miscellaneous
100
Climax
The biggest event in a story
100
Metaphor
What is a comparison of two unlike things not using as or like?
100
Rhythm
What is the way lines of a poem sound when read aloud?
100
Point of view
Describes how a story is told
100
Author's Purpose
Why does a writer write?
200
Conflict
What is the problem in a story called?
200
Onomatopoeia
What is a word that actually imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes.
200
Rhyme Scheme
What is the pattern of rhyme formed by the end words in a poem?
200
Third Person Limited
The point of view of someone not involved in the story but who knows about only one person in the story.
200
Argumentative Essay
What is writing that expresses an opinion
300
Setting
What is where and when a story takes place?
300
Alliteration
What is the repetition of consonant sounds?
300
Repetition
When a poet repeats a word or phrase over and over to stress its importance
300
First Person
When the narrator is INSIDE the story
300
Flashback
What is a break in the forward movement of a story used to inform the reader about something that happened in the past?
400
Characters
What is are the people, animals or other figures in a story?
400
Hyperbole
What is a gross exaggeration?
400
Repetition
What is it called when a writer/poet uses a word or phrase over and over to stress its importance?
400
Third Person Omniscient
Who is the person not in the story but knows all about all of the characters in the story?
400
Inference
What is an educated guess based on information given in the text and from prior knowledge?
500
Resolution
How the conflict is solved
500
Simile
What is a comparison of two unlike things using as or like?
500
Stanza
What is a paragraph of poetry called?
500
Narrator
Who is the character in the story or the outsider telling the story?
500
Theme
What is the life lesson of a text
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