Plot Diagram
This is the beginning of the story, where we meet the characters, the setting is described, and we learn background information.
What is exposition?
You are my sunshine.
What is a metaphor?
Ms. Elliott is from this part of New York.
What is Queens OR Jamaica, Queens.
The reason something happened.
What is cause?
He lives in a pineapple under the sea.
Who is Sponge Bob Square Pants?
This is the peak of the story. Where problems and actions come together.
What is climax?
Betty bought butter but the butter was bitter, so Betty bought better butter to make the bitter butter better.
What is alliteration?
Ms. Elliott's daughter is this age.
What is 4 years old.
When words mean exactly what they say.
What is literal language?
Ex: I can't find my keys.
Which country is home to the kangaroo?
What is Australia?
This is where problems begin to be wrapped up and solved in a story.
What is falling action?
This bag weighs a ton.
What is hyperbole?
Ms. Elliott's favorite colors.
Black and pink.
When words create an image or suggest an idea (inferencing is needed).
What is figurative language?
Ex: My mind is oatmeal.
Raisins come from this fruit.
What are grapes?
This is the end of a story. All loose ends are tied up for the reader.
What is the resolution?
April is the cruelest month of the year.
What is personification?
Ms. Elliott's favorite thing to say when her class isn't on task.
"I'm confused?!?!?!?!?!"
The struggle between two opposing forces.
What is the largest state in America?
What is Alaska?
The message that the author is trying to convey to the reader in a story.
What is theme?
A blessing in disguise.
What is an idiom?
Ms. Elliott has this many aunts and uncles (total).
What is 14?
The restating of the main ideas of the text in as few words as possible.
What is a summary?
This bird can fly backwards.
What is a hummingbird?