Story Elements
Parts of Speech
Author's Purpose
Hodge Podge
Figurative Language
100
Where or when a story takes place
Setting
100
A group of letters added to the beginning of a word that changes the meaning of a word
Prefix
100
When the author's purpose is for the reader to enjoy reading
Entertain
100
Figure of speech in which words do not mean what they say
idiom
100
It's raining cats and dogs
idiom
200
When the narrator is a character in the story
First Person Point of View
200
A particular person, place or thing
Proper noun
200
When the author's purpose is to give the reader information
Inform
200
Way of speaking to a friend
Informal Language
200
She is as quiet as a mouse.
Similie
300
The problem a character faces
Conflict
300
A group of letters added to the end of a word that changes the meaning of the word
Suffix
300
When the author's purpose is to convince the reader of something
Persuade
300
The way someone thinks or feels
Opinion
300
It took forever for my package to arrive.
Hyperbole
400
The events of a story
plot
400
The part of the sentence that tells Who or What the sentence is about
Subject
400
The reason why the author wrote something (to persuade, to inform, or to entertain)
Author's Purpose
400
Something that can be proven true
Fact
400
The leaves danced in the wind.
Personification
500
Who the story is about
Character
500
A word that joins two sentences together (and, or, so, but)
Conjunction
500
The author's purpose when writing Ramona Quimby Age 8
Entertain
500
Words that have opposite meanings
Antonyms
500
Benny Brown bent his broom.
Alliteration
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