Parts of Speech
Figurative Language
Figurative Language Part 2
Types of Sentences
Elements of a Story
100
A person, place, thing, idea, living creature, quality, or action.
What is a noun.
100

The students were as slow as sloths.

Simile

100

On Saturday, Sally sat in the snow by her friend Steve.

Alliteration

100

The class ate Doritos on Tuesday.

Simple Sentence

100

The people or animals that act out the story.

Characters

200
A word that describes an action (doing something) or a state (being something).
What is a verb.
200

Kyle is a walking dictionary.

Metaphor

200

Their faces were as radiant as the sun.

Simile
200

The class ate Doritos on Tuesday, but they ate celery sticks on Wednesday.

Compound Sentence

200

The time and the place of the story.

Setting

300
A word that describes a noun. It tells you something about the noun.
What is an adjective.
300

The tulips nodded their heads in the breeze.

Personification

300

I am so hungry I could eat a hippo!

Hyperbole

300

Identify the mistake in this sentence:

Johnny loves Sally but Sally has a crush on Billy.

Comma before the FANBOYS word

Johnny loves Sally, but Sally has a crush on Billy.

300

The part of a story when the conflict is at its greatest point and one of the opposing forces begins to win the struggle.

Climax

400
A word which usually describes a verb. it tells you how something is done. It may also tell you when or where something happened.
What is an adverb.
400

Kaboom! The car exploded in the distance.

Onomatopoeia

400

Life is one long scary roller coaster.

Metaphor

400

The students stayed home and relaxed, but many teachers took advantage of the extra time to work because there was a snow day.

Compound-Complex Sentence

400

The life lesson or moral from the story

Theme

500
A word used instead of a noun, to avoid repeating the noun. (Ex: I, you, he, etc.)
What is a pronoun.
500

During 6th period, the students died from boredom.

Hyperbole

500

The winning team had an incredible Cinderella story.

Allusion
500

Although I am allergic to cheese, I still ate the entire Papa Murphy's pizza!

Complex Sentence

500
The part of the story when the conflict is growing and the story is becoming more exciting

Rising Action

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