Figurative Language
Reading Strategies
Plot Diagram
Elements of a story
Stories we read
100

"Bang! Her drumsticks hit the snare and made a loud sound"

Onomatopoeia

100

To connect something from the story to your life is which strategy?

Real-World Connections

100

What is the third point of the plot diagram?

Climax

100

Where and when does the story take place?

Setting

100
What is the name of the town's lawyer in Spoon River Anthology?

Judge Somers

200

"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers"

Alliteration

200

What is your first reading strategy?

Preview the text

200

The end of the story is called what?

Resolution

200

A story that is written in the first person is called what?

Biography 

200

In Wagon Train at Dusk who was telling the story?

The father

300

"I'm so hungry, I can eat a horse"

Hyperbole

300

To use your own words to explain what happened is which strategy?

Summarize

300

Towards the end of the plot diagram is what plot section?

Falling Action

300

Argument in a story is also called what?

The conflict

300

What story is Little Timmy from?

A Wish 

400

"The sun smiled down on us"

Personification

400

To picture something in your mind is called what?

Visualize

400

Another word for beginning is called what?

Exposition 

400

Which point of view uses "we", "they" and "theirs"?

Third person

400

Who was Jacqueline named after?

Her mother and father
500

"She is a early bird" 

Metaphor

500

When you take an educated guess on an answer what is it called?

Predictions

500

The second point of the plot diagram is called what?

Rising Action

500

The person or people in the story is/are called who?

Characters

500

What is the father's name is Spoon River Anthology?

Washington McNeely

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