Story Elements
Figurative Language
Figurative Language
Parts of Speech
Miscellaneous
100
where and when the story happens
What is the setting
100
A comparison of two different things using like or as
What is Simile (i.e. She was as sweet as pie)
100
An example would be "Your smile is as bright as the stars"
What is a simile
100
A person, place, or thing
What is a noun
100
A word that is spelled the same but has different meaning and sometime different pronunciation
What is a homograph
200
the turning point in the story
What is the climax
200
giving an inanimate object human-like qualities
What is a personification
200
"The lightning danced across the sky"
What is a personification
200
a word describing where, when, or what relationship something is
What is a preposition
200
Using hints in the writing/passage/reading to help understand the meaning of a word or purpose of the passage.
What is context clues
300
the series of events such as rising action, climax, falling action, conflict and resolution that reveal what the story is all about
What is the plot
300
the repetition of a beginning sound of a word
What is alliteration
300
"His skin was like a rose" is simile saying what?
The skin was soft and delicate
300
the type of verb that must be in a sentence with a subject complement
What is a linking verb
300
the three types of point of view
What are 1st person, second person, and third person
400
the message or moral of the story that is revealed through events and characters
What is the theme
400
A word that makes the sound it is referring to
What is an onomatopoeia
400
An example would be "My homework took me a million years"
What is an example of a hyperbole
400
a noun that tells what or whom the verb is referring to
What is the noun as an object, or direct object
400
when the narrator is a 3rd person perspective that is all knowing of what the characters think, feel, upcoming events, and motives
What is omniscient
500
the characters and setting that are revealed at the beginning of the story
What is the exposition
500
a word or phrase that means something other than its literal meaning
What is an idiom
500
"You catch more flies with honey than vinegar" means what? (hint: it is an idiom so its NOT LITERAL)
If your words are sweeter people will be more likely to agree with you/arguing isn't the answer/be sweet
500
It answers the question "for who, to who, for what, or to what"
What is an indirect object
500
a word that is spelled the same, sounds the same, but has more than one meaning/how it can be used
What is a multiple meaning word
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