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Figurative Language
Elements of Plot
Text Structures
Point of View
Grab Bag - Mix
100
Tyler is a kangaroo, jumping up and down in excitement.
Personification
100
Learn setting, meet main characters and find out what the story will be about.
Introduction/Exposition
100
Sarah's car was dead on the side of the road. What was she going to do? She had already gotten off to a rough start when her alarm clock had failed to go off that morning. School started in just under an hour. Suddenly, it dawned on her that she had subscribed to OnStar the month before. With the simple press of a button she was able to get help jump-starting her battery and made it to class right on time!
Problem / Solution
100
Allison passed the ball to Tyler. Tyler dribbled down the court and passed the ball to Hannah. The ball bounced once on the rim, twice and then into the basked! Two points for the Wildcats!
Third person (Limited)
100
The lesson that you learn. The moral of a story.
Theme
200
Jane sat in awe as the stars danced across the night sky.
Personification
200
The part of a story that reveals or suggests an outcome.
Resolution
200
About one main topic and gives details about the topic.
Descriptive
200
David was walking home from school. He was thinking about his science project, so he didn't see Brian and his friends up ahead. "Where do you think you're going?" Brian asked in his meanest voice, blocking the sidewalk with his body. David was already starting to get upset. Brian couldn't believe what a wimp that kids was!
Third Person (Omniscient)
200
The way the author feels about the topic
Tone
300
The panther was as black as night slinking through the dark jungle.
Simile
300
In what part of a story do we learn the conflict?
Rising Action
300
A recipe or directions.
Chronological Order
300
Have you seen my blue shirt? I shouted down the stairs. "I think it is the laundry, Dad shouted back. Disappointed, I dug through my drawer looking for something else to wear instead.
First Person
300
The perspective from which the story is told.
Point of View
400
I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse.
Hyperbole
400
The events and complications begin to resolve themselves. The reader knows what has happened next and if the conflict was resolved or not.
Falling Action
400
Jerry and Time are best friends. They have been going to the same school since kindergarten and have bonded over their love of sports. However, Jerry's favorite sport is football while Tim prefers soccer.
Compare and Contrast
400
How does the point of view change in Third Person to First Person.
In third person we don't always know the feelings and thoughts of characters. In first person we only know the feelings and thoughts of one person.
400
What the story or selection is mainly about?
Central Idea
500
John was an ox as he rolled the boulder up the steep hill.
Metaphor
500
What is the at the peak of a story pyramid? Define what it is.
Climax. The most intense or extreme part of a story where an action typically takes place.
500
The summer had been extra hot with very little rain to relieve the thirsty earth. There were cracks in the groud that looked like someone might fall into. People neglected their lawns becasue no plant was motivated to be green or grow.
Cause / Effect
500
What is the difference between third person limited and third person omniscient.
Third person limited- the reader is limited on the amount of characters they know the feelings/thoughts of. Third person Omniscient-the readers knows all the feelings/thoughts of each character.
500
You can tell this by what a character says, how they act and treat other characters in the story.
Character Trait