Story Elements 1
A comparison between two unlike things WITHOUT using like or as
Crash, Bang, Boom, Drip, Splash.
What is onomatopoeia?
In The Book Thief, this symbol represents empathy and sacrifice.
What is bread?
In The Book Thief, this symbol represents hope, love, and comfort
What is Hans' accordion?
The feeling(s) the reader is made to have during the story.
What is mood?
The main lesson in the story.
What is theme?
The characters, and setting are introduced.
What is the exposition?
The major theme of the novel The Book Thief
What is the power of words?
The author's feelings toward the subject they're writing about.
What is tone?
What each letter of the APE acronym stands for.
What is Answer, Prove, Explain?
In The Book Thief, this symbol represents friendship and joy, but also the fragility of life
What is the snowman?
The events between the climax and the resolution.
What is the falling action?
What is personification?
An extreme exaggeration for dramatic effect
What is a hyperbole?
In a castle, in the woods.
What is the setting?
A conversation between two characters in a story
Type of Conflict.
Jessie borrows her sister's coat without asking.
What is person vs. person?
Type of conflict.
The grocery store owner stops Rachel from bringing her service dog into the store.
What is person vs. society?
"My older brother is as tall as a giraffe!"
What is a simile? OR What is a hyperbole?
Weather, time of day, period in history
What is the setting?
The only type of conflict that is internal.
What is Person vs. Self?