Elements of Stories
What is the highest point of action called in a plot diagram?
Conflict
Where and when the story takes place is called?
Setting
Zip! Bang! Pow! Are examples of:
onomatopoeia
What part of speech is the italics word?
I am going to the mall today.
pronoun
What is a key moment?
A specific event in a story that changes the plot.
What is main idea?
what the story is mostly about
What is a noun?
This part of speech is a person, place, thing.
I am so hungry, I can eat a horse!
Hyberole
What part of speech is the italics word?
The red car started immediately.
adverb
Name at least 3 story elements?
Plot, characters, setting, etc
What does a plot consist of?
Beginning, Middle, End
What kind of book tells you factual real information?
Non-fiction
It is raining like cats and dogs.
What is this an example of?
similie
What part of speech is the italics word?
My father worked on the blue car for long time
noun
What is dialogue?
A conversation between at least two people.
The message of the story
What is a word that means the opposite of called?
ex: on and off
antonyms
My heart was broken, is an example of what kind of figurative language?
Metaphor
What is a verb?
an action word
What does connotation mean?
The feeling a specific word choice brings to you
The person telling the story is called?
What is called when to words are similar?
ex: cold and chilly
Synonym
The leaves danced in the wind... is an example of what type of figurative language?
personification
What part of speech is the italics word?
The blue car would not start this morning.
adjective
The writers attitude toward a subject that is coveyed through word choice is called...?
Tone