Story Elements 1
Time and place of a story
Setting
A comparison using "like," or "as"
Simile
An action word or a state of being
Verb
A text that explains about someone's life story
Biography
The person telling readers the story
Narrator
Problem or challenge of a story
Conflict
An extreme exaggeration
Hyperbole
A word that describes a noun
Adjective
A text that attempts to convince the reader to believe or do something
Persuasive / Argument
The life lesson or message of a story
Theme
Emotions or tone of a story
Mood
A sound word
Onomatopoeia
A word that modifies adjectives and verbs
Adverb
Fiction
High point of suspense or excitement in a story, on a plot diagram
Climax
Conflict within the character's mind
Internal Conflict
An object that represents an abstract idea or emotion
A word that has the same/similar meaning of another word
Synonym
A text that is based in real life and facts
Nonfiction
The end of a story
Resolution
External Conflict
To reference something outside of the text
Allusion
A word that has the opposite meaning of another word
Antonym
A text that uses figurative language, especially metaphors and symbols, to communicate a theme. Written in stanzas
Poem
The term for a character talking in a story
Dialogue