Figurative Language
Genre
Elements of Literature
Miscellaneous
Potpourri
100
She is as sweet as a flower.
What is a simile?
100
A story about fairies, elves, magical deeds, and giants.
What is a fairy tale?
100
The events that happen in a story.
What is the plot?
100
The narrator uses pronouns such as I, me, we, or our to tell the story.
What is first-person?
100
After receiving a good report card, I felt like a million dollars.  What type of figurative language is this statement?
What is an idiom?
200
What does this simile mean?


Jacob is as noisy as a monster truck.

What is a loud person?
200
A story about people or animals that has been handed down from one generation to the next.
What is a folk tale?
200
Where and when a story takes place.
What is the setting?
200
Words that have similar meanings?
What are synonyms?
200
Words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings? For example: a bare vs. bear
What are homophones?
300
The wind whispered through the night.
What is personification?
300
A story that uses real places, events, and times from the past as a setting for an imagined story.
What is historical fiction?
300
Harry Potter, Katniss Everdeen, Sponge Bob, and the Big, Bad Wolf are examples.
What are characters?
300
The author uses pronouns such as he, him, she, her, or them to narrate the story.
What is third-person point of view?
300
Words that are spelled the same but have different meanings. For example: batter
What are homographs?
400
He was as cool as a cucumber.
What is a similie?
400
An expression of ideas or feelings in words that usually has form, rhythm, and rhyme.
What is a poem?
400
The message about life or nature that the author wants the reader to get from the story.
What is theme?
400
Some examples are: add vs. subtract, cry vs. laugh, handsome vs. ugly, and sour vs. sweet.
What are antonyms?
400
A story that is about aliens, the world ending, or new technology, or other similar topics. 
What is science fiction?
500
The boy's stomach was a bottomless pit.
What is a metaphor?
500
A story written with characters who could be real in a setting that could be real.
What is a realistic fiction?
500
The development of the characters in a story.
What is characterization?
500
The narrator is not a character in the story.
What is third-person?
500
The struggle or problem that a character must overcome.
What is the conflict?
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