STORY ELEMENTS
POETRY ELEMENTS
MULTIPLE MEANINGS
POETRY ELEMENTS II
COMPREHENSION SKILLS
100

The types of Literature such as Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Nonfiction.

What is GENRE

100

Two elements that show the comparisons between two unlike things in which one element uses like or as.

What is SIMILES AND METAPHORS

100

A place where judgment is made for those who are convicted of crimes. 

A place where a game of basketball is held.

What is A COURT

100

My cat is nice. 

My cat likes mice. 

My cat is fat. 

I like my cat. 

THE ELEMENTS YOU HEAR FROM READING THIS EXAMPLE ARE (2 possible)

What is RHYME AND/OR RHYTHM

100

When you use prior knowledge and what you have observed or experienced to determine something. 

What is DRAWING CONCLUSION or INFERENCE

200

The time and place of a story.

What is SETTING

200

Poems are written in _____ instead of paragraphs. 

What is LINES and/or STANZAS

200

Seldom seen or found. 

Meat that is very lightly cooked. 

What is RARE

200

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; 

All the King's horses and all the King's men 

Couldn't put Humpty together again. 

THE ELEMENTS USED IN THIS EXAMPLE ARE (2 possible)

What is REPETITION and/or RHYME

200

The author writes to Persuade, Entertain, or Inform the reader. 

What is AUTHOR'S PURPOSE

300

The types of characters in stories. 

What is PROTAGONIST and ANTAGONIST

300

This is known as the pattern(s) of rhyme in a poem. 

What is RHYME SCHEME

300

A building used for worship. 

The flat area of your head above the cheek and in front of the ear.

What is TEMPLE

300

It SUSHES./It hushes/The loudness in the road./ It flitter-twitters,/And laughs away from me./ It laughs a lovely whiteness,/And whitely whirs away,/ To be,/Some otherwhere,/Still white as milk or shirts. So beautiful it hurts. 

THE ELEMENTS USED IN THIS EXAMPLE ARE (3 possible)

What is ONOMATOPOEIA, INTERNAL RHYME, ALLITERATION

300

When you read the details (clues) in the story and guess what happens next. 

What is MAKING PREDICTIONS

400

The order that important things happen in a story.

What is SEQUENCE OF EVENTS

400

The repeating of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words. 

What is ALLITERATION

400

To flatten as a tornado might flatten and smooth the ground. 

As in the surface of a table.

What is LEVEL

400
Jelly, jam, and buttered toast. I like breakfast food the most. Bagels, cream cheese, juices – fresh squeeze, Make me say, pass some more here please. NAME THE KIND OF STANZA, RHYME SCHEME AND ELEMENTS USED
What is QUATRAIN, AABB, RHYME AND RHYTHM
400

When you find similarities and differences between things in the story. 

What is COMPARE AND CONTRAST

500

The series of events in the story that consists of 5 parts. 

What is PLOT: EXPOSITION, RISING ACTION, CLIMAX, FALLING ACTION AND RESOLUTION

500

In poetry, this is used to make the lines and/or stanzas of a poem sound similar. 

What is RHYME

500

Happening now or up-to-date. 

The movement of water in the ocean or a river. 


What is CURRENT

500

1. My baby sister is a doll.

2. His eyes resemble bright stars.

3. The waves danced all night. 

Tell what each sample is and it's meaning.

What is 

1. Metaphor: SHE IS PRETTY 

2. Simile: EYES ARE BRIGHT/SPARKLY 

3. Personification: WAVES WERE ROUGH

500

Putting story events in the order they happened. 

What is SEQUENCING or SEQUENCE OF EVENTS