Vocabulary
Short Stories
Poetry
Literary Elements
Hodge Podge
100
obsolete
What is old, outdated, superseded, antique?
100
The story of a banker and a lawyer making a bet.
What is "The Bet"?
100
Lines that are grouped together
What is a stanza?
100
Sequence of events in a story.
What is the plot?
100
Picture the setting and characters in your mind
What is a prediction?
200
quarter
What is the area in which slaves lived?
200
The story of slaves escaping to freedom.
What is Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad?
200
A type of narrative that tells a story
What is a ballad?
200
A story of a person's life as told by someone else
What is a biography?
200
A person, place or thing
What is a noun?
300
disheveled
What is messy or untidy?
300
The story of a family trying to catch a "rodent" in their house.
What is "The Great Rat Hunt"?
300
A pattern of sound created by stressed and unstressed syllables
What is rhythm?
300
Three common types of essays
What is expository (formal), personal, and persuasive essays?
300
Another name for the main character
What is the protagonist?
400
asthma
What is a chronic disease of the lungs?
400
The story of a young girl growing up with all her neighbors.
What is "Block Party"?
400
A comparison of two things with a common quality but does not use like or as.
What is a metaphor?
400
The point of greatest interest or suspense in the story.
What is the climax of the story?
400
After the climax to the story it resolves the conflict
What is falling action?
500
posterity
What is future generations?
500
The story of a young girl who returned lost money.
What is "Found Money"?
500
Words or phrases that appeal to the five senses?
What is imagery?
500
Time and place in which the action of the story happens.
What is the setting?
500
stipulated
What is an agreement?
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