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Elements of Fiction
Literary Elements
Grammar
Nonfiction Text Features/Structure
Miscellaneous
100
The where and when (or place and time) of a story.
What is setting?
100
She was as busy as a bee.
What is a simile?
100

Create a compound sentence:

She has blonde hair. She has grey shoes.

She has blonde hair, and she has grey shoes.

100
The words that explain what a picture shows.
What is the caption?
100
A type of fiction that is based on historical facts. Name the type and give an example.
What is historical fiction? Answers vary.
200
The problem of a story.
What is conflict?
200
The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.
What is a personification?
200

Where do the quotation marks belong in this sentence:

According to the text, most mammals live on land.

According to the text, "most mammals live on land."

200
The part of a nonfiction book that defines words.
What is a glossary?
200
The type of writing which convinces the reader to agree with your point of view (opinion).
What is persuasive writing?
300
The sequence of events in a story.
What is the plot?
300
A comparison NOT using like or as?
What is a metaphor?
300

Identify the subject of the sentence: The cat ran across the street.

The cat

300
The title of an article.
What is the heading?
300

Double Jeopardy!

This question is worth double points!

Explain what steps you must take on TDW day for SC Ready. What do you HAVE to do?

-Read and highlight

-Create graphic organizer

-Rough Draft

-Type and Fix

400
The lesson (main message) given in a story.
What is theme?
400
Carrie's cat clawed her couch, creating chaos.
What is alliteration?
400

What is the predicate of the sentence:

The racecar driver sped down the track at a speed that shook the earth.

sped down the track at a speed that shook the earth

400
Author's purpose to tell you how things are the same and how things are different?
What is compare/contrast?
400
The three main author's purposes.
What is to persuade, to inform, and to entertain?
500
What makes up a character's personality?
What are character traits?
500

This is a common phrase that does not mean what it says.

Idiom

500

Remember to capitalize your M.I.N.T.S.

What does M.I.N.T.S. stand for?

Months, I, Names, Titles, Start of sentences

500
Text is written in an order or timeline format.
What is chronological order?
500
Fiction, Non Fiction, Poetry, and Drama
What are the Four Main Genres?