Elements of a Story
Where and when the story takes place.
What is setting?
Comparing two things without using "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
A specific person, place, or thing.
What is a proper noun?
The meaning of micro-
What is small?
The meaning of -or, -er
What is person who?
What is characters?
Comparing two thing using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
Words that sound the same but are spelled different and have different meanings.
What are homophones?
The meaning of un-
What is not?
The meaning of -ful
What is full of?
Problem that a story is built on.
What is conflict?
Giving human like characteristics to a non-human thing
What is personification?
A character that does not change throughout a story.
What is a static character?
The meaning of anti-
What is opposing, against.
The meaning of -ness
What is state of being?
The events that happen in a story and in what order they happen.
What is plot?
Very vivid and descriptive writing used to create a picture in someone's mind.
What is imagery?
A vague reference to something that will happen later in the story
What is foreshadowing?
The meaning of contra-
What is opposing, against?
The meaning of -al
What is the action or process of?
Lesson being taught by the author in the story.
What is theme?
The repetition of vowel sounds in a sentence.
What is assonance?
A story of someone's life written by themself.
What is an autobiography?
The meaning of mono-
What is one?
The meaning of -acy
What is state or quality?