Literary Elements
Vocabulary
The Tail
Dragon, Dragon
Literary Elements 2
100
the way in which writers develop their characters
What is characterization?
100
This word means tormented or bothering to the extreme
What is plagued?
100
Tasha and Naomi were practicing this type of Jump-roping
What is Double-Dutch?
100
The conflict or problem is this story is
What is "the dragon is plaguing the kingdom."
100
an educated guess
What is a prediction?
200
the sequence of events in a story such as exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution
What is plot?
200
This word means stretching out one's neck to get a better look
What is craned?
200
The author used this type of terminology to characterize Tasha and Junior
What is Indirect Characterization?
200
What did the king promise to anyone who could slay the dragon?
What is the princess's hand in marriage and half his kingdom.
200
the location of a story
What is the setting?
300
logical assumption about something not stated
What is inference?
300
This word means violently destroyed or ruined
What is ravaged?
300
We could infer that Tasha pulled her hair around Junior because he was
What is annoying/pesty/aggravating
300
How did the eldest son disguise himself to the dragon?
What is "he pretended to be a peddler".
300
the author states exactly what the character is like
What is direct characterization?
400
the highest point of action in a story
What is climax?
400
This word describes a cruel ruler or king
What is a tyrant?
400
What character trait did Tasha show/exhibit by going to the playground against her mother's instructions?
What is stubbornness
400
What did the cobbler tell all his sons to say?
What is " Dragon, Dragon, How do you do? I've come from the king to murder you."
400
the character struggles against some outside force
What is external conflict?
500
introduction of the characters, setting and situation
What is exposition?
500
This word is generally associated with an animal attack; badly injured
What is mauled?
500
The theme of this story is
What is "You don't know how much you value something or someone until you lose it or them.
500
Which of the cobbler's sons is most like the famous dragon killer, Beowulf?
What is "the youngest son".
500
the qualities, attitudes and values that a character displays
What are character traits?
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