Plot
The characters, setting, and general plot is introduced here
What is the introduction?
This describes when and where the story takes place?
What is the setting?
The people that the story is about
Who are the characters?
What is the plot of "The Wish" by Roald Dahl?
An imaginative young boy tries to cross the hallway while avoiding obstacles such as lava and snakes
Comparison of two different things without an indicator word
What is a metaphor?
The turning point of the story
What is the climax?
This is the central problem of the story
What is the conflict?
The solution to the main problem
What is the resolution?
What is the theme of The Tortoise and the Hare?
Patience is important
Attributing a human characteristic to a non-human object
What is personification?
The ending of the story
What is the resolution?
The emotion or attitude of the story
What is the tone?
The central topic or lesson to be learned from the story
What is the theme?
Who are the characters in "Thank You Ma'am" by Langston Hughes?
Roger (a young teenager) and Mrs. Jones (an older woman)
What is a hyperbole?
The events directly after the climax that are meant to tie up loose ends
What is the falling action?
What is an external conflict?
The person who is telling the story
Who is the narrator?
What is the resolution of "Thank You Ma'am"?
Roger leaves Mrs. Jones' house, but is unable to properly thank her for everything.
Words that contradict each other
What is an oxymoron?
The main conflict is introduced at this point to build tension
What is the rising action?
The character that is usually in conflict with the main character
Who is the antagonist?
The pronouns used in second-person point of view
What is you/your?
What is a theme of either "The Wish" or "Thank You Ma'am"?
"The Wish" - imagination, childhood
"Thank You Ma'am" - respect, class, caring for others
Words that imitate or resemble the sounds that they are describing
What is onomatopoeia?