Elements of Fiction
She was as busy as a bee.
What is a simile?
Fill in the blank with the correct word/words. Pay attention to the perfect verb tense.
By this time next year, Kendall ________ started her teaching job in Paris.
By this time next year, Kendall will have started her teaching job in Paris.
The words that explain what a picture shows.
What is the caption?
A type of fiction that is based on historical facts. Name the type and give an example.
What is historical fiction? Answers vary.
Another name for the problem of a story.
What is conflict?
The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.
What is a personification?
Which one below shows the proper way to write the title of a magazine?
The Open Road for Boys
"The Open Road for Boys"
"The Open Road for Boys"
The opinion of an author about the topic they are writing about.
What is "author's perspective"?
What is another name for when a reader takes what they know and what they read to draw a conclusion?
Make an inference.
The sequence of events in a story.
What is the plot?
A comparison NOT using like or as?
What is a metaphor?
Correct this sentence by placing a comma or commas where they belong.
Tell me Mike what were you thinking as you stepped out onto the court?
Tell me, Mike, what were you thinking as you stepped out onto the court?
Text features that might help the reader determine the main idea.
What are titles and headings?
These tell the reader of a play what the setting, what the actors are doing, and how the actors are feeling.
What are stage directions?
The lesson (main message) given in a story.
What is theme?
Carrie's cat clawed her couch, creating chaos.
What is alliteration?
Correct the sentence. Make sure the adjectives are in the correct order.
I use a metal, pretty, grey keychain.
I use a pretty, grey, metal key chain.
Text structure where the author's purpose is to tell you how things are the same and how things are different?
What is compare/contrast?
The three main author's purposes.
What is to persuade, to inform, and to entertain?
What makes up a character's personality?
What are character traits?
Statements that are used to enhance the writing and do not literally mean what they say.
What is figurative language?
Edit the sentence correctly: hey is that your sister.
Hey, is that your sister?
Text is written in an order or timeline format.
What is sequential or chronological order?
When we go back in the text for information, we are looking for what?
Text evidence