Figurative Language
Prefixes
Plot Structure
Elements of a Novel
Signal Words- Name the Pattern
100
She is as pretty as a picture.
What is a simile?
100
Before
What is pre-?
100
The introduction of setting, characters, and conflict
What is Exposition?
100
The people in the story
Who are the characters?
100
An example of...
What is Descriptive?
200
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
What is a hyperbole?
200
Again
What is re-?
200
The part of the story that is the most exciting, when the reader will want to keep reading to find out more
What is the climax?
200
Where or when the story takes place
What is the setting?
200
Because of, as a result, consequently...
What is Cause and Effect?
300
Two times two is ten.
What is alliteration?
300
Not legal
What is illegal?
300
The part of the story when the plot builds and things start to happen at a more rapid pace
What is rising action?
300
The events in the story
What is the plot?
300
A solution, One reason for, The answer is
What is problem / Solution?
400
She is the sunshine of my life.
What is a metaphor?
400
Across, or from a distance
What is trans-?
400
The part of the story when things begin to resolve themselves and the story heads towards an ending
What is falling aciton?
400
The person who wrote the story
What is the author?
400
To begin with, another thing, after this, finally...
What is sequence?
500
She nailed the test.
What is an idiom?
500
Anti-
What is against?
500
The part of the story when the conflict is solved and the story ends
What is the resolution?
500
The person who drew the pictures for the story or book
What is the illustrator?
500
Thus, this is why, therefore, for the purpose of, may be due to...
What is cause and effect?
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