Elements
Point of View
Figurative Language
Plot
What is it?
100
The message, moral or lesson of a story
What is theme?
100
When the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of ONE character.
What is 3rd person limited?
100
Boom! Bam! Pow! Splat!
What is onomatopoeia?
100
How the story ends. (Tying together all loose ends)
What is resolution?
100
The flowers were crying for my attention.
What is personification?
200
How the story makes you feel
What is mood?
200
When the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all the characters
What is third person omniscient?
200
Define Personification.
What is giving human qualities/traits to things/objects?
200
The turning point of the story. (When the story changes)
What is Climax?
200
She hugged me like a big bear.
What is simile?
300
Define plot.
What is all the events that make up a story?
300
The point of view that uses the pronouns I, me, and we..
What is first person?
300
We can kill two birds with one stone.
What is an idiom?
300
Events leading to the climax
What is rising action?
300
I'd rather swim with a shark, play fight with a lion, or go camping with a bear than do all this homework!
What is hyperbole?
400
Define Tone.
What is the attitude of the author toward the subject/material/story.
400
The point of view that uses the pronouns he, she, and they.
What is third person?
400
Shaq's shoes are 2 miles long!
What is hyperbole?
400
The introduction of the characters, setting, and background information
What is the exposition?
400
Birds of the same feather flock together.
What is idiom?
500
Words used by the author to create a picture in your mind (Appeals to the 5 senses)
What is imagery?
500
When the narrator is a character in the story.
What is first person?
500
Her hair was a flowing golden river.
What is a metaphor?
500
All the events after the climax and where the conflict is resolved.
What is falling action?
500
The beautiful sky was a blue sea of cotton clouds.
What is metaphor?
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