Parts of Speech
Elements of Short Story
Literary Genres
Figurative Language
Stories We've Read
100
This part of Speech shows location, and is usally anywhere a baby can crawl or a ghost can crawl
What is a Preposition
100
This Element describes when and where the story takes place
What is Setting
100
This literary genre describes how things begin or originate, and is considered sacred. It is usually passed down by word of mouth
What is a myth
100
This type of figurative language compares two or more things using the words like or as
What is a simile
100
This character is the protagonist in a story about a mongoose who fights off Nag and Nagaina
Who is Ricki-Ticki-Tavi
200
This part of speech describes verbs and usually ends with -ly
What is an adverb
200
The Element of a Short Story that is a summary of the events that happen in the story
What is the plot
200
This literary genre is a fictional story set in the future, a different world, and includes science or technology
What is science fiction
200
This is an example of this type of figurative language the slow squirrel sluggishly sunk to the ground
What is Alliteration
200
This story we read describes how a small town that goes crazy when aliens turn off their electric and phones
What is Monsters on Maple Street
300
This part of speech describes nouns and answers what kind, how many, or which one
What is an adjective
300
This element of a short story describes the angle from which the story is told
What is Point of View
300
This literary genre is Mrs. Nash's favorite and is a fictional story set in the past
What is historical fiction
300
This type of figurative language describes giving life like qualities to an object
What is Personification
300
This story we read is a poem about a man who loses the love of this life when she dies
What is Annabel Lee
400
This part of speech connects phrases words and clauses
What is a conjunction
400
The Element of Conflict is broken into these two categories
What is Internal and External
400
This nonfiction genre is about the facts of a persons life
What is a biography
400
This phrase is an example of this type of figurative language His hair was a curtain of silk and smooth threads
What is a metaphor
400
In this story a boy named Kevin has a computer that becomes too smart and starts trouble for people in Kevin's life
What is User-Friendly
500
What is the part of speech shown here: Book, Drawer, Chalkboard, Integrity
What is a noun
500
What Acronym did 7th Period invent to remember the Elements of a Short Story
What is Pretty Please Stop Cutting the Cheese
500
This literary genre uses sound, rhythm, and word choice to convey ideas, emotions, or thoughts
What is poetry
500
This type of figurative language includes sound words, or words that sound like what they are like buzz
What is onomatopiea
500
This story describes the events of men on an island who get trapped in by rats
What is 3 Skeleton Key
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