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figurative language
Grammar
elements of a short story
Vocabulary
100

Giving a nonhuman human characteristics

What is personification?

100

What is a noun?

A person, place, or thing
100

where and when an event takes place in a short story

What is setting

100

It is what the passage or paragraph is about.

What is the main idea?

200

a direct comparison of two different things

What is metaphor

200

What is an adjective?

Describes a noun

200

the most intense or exciting high point of a short story

What is climax

200

The reason why an author writes.

What is Author's Purpose?

300
extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole
300

Where is the adjective in the sentence?

The flowers are turning purple and yellow. 

Purple and Yellow

300

the main events of a short story

What is plot

300

Where are the nouns in the following sentence?

The apple turned brown because it was sitting on the desk all day.

Apple and Desk

400
the use of words that sound like what they mean, such as "hiss," "buzz," "slam," and "boom"
What is onomatopoeia
400

Where is the verb in the sentence?

Alex is running to the store before it closes.

Running
400

the lesson or moral of a story

What is theme

400

The feeling the author wants the reader to get.

What is mood?

500
the repeated use of the same constant at the beginning of words
What is alliteration
500

What is the compound subject in the sentence?

Corey and Jamal are going to basketball practice later this evening.

Corey and Jamal

500

the perspective from which the story's told

What is point of view

500

The vocabulary an author uses to show how he or she feels about a topic.

What is tone?