Figurative Language
Elements of Plot
Text Structures
Riddles
Grab Bag - Mix
100
A word that is the sound it takes to say it.
Onomatopoeia
100
Where we learn setting, meet main characters and find out what the story will be about.
What is the 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 faild 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

What gets wet while drying

What is a towel?

100

The little lesson that you learn. The moral of a story.

What is theme?

200
Jane sat in awe as the stars danced across the night sky.
Personification
200

The problem of the story.

Conflict

200
Gives characteristics or traits about a person, place or thing.
What are descriptive texts?
200

The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?

What is darkness?

200

Figurative language that repeats the same first sound of two or more words.

What is alliteration?

300
Compares two things using like or as.
Simile
300

The place and time the story happens

Setting

300
Listing events or explaining steps in order.
What is sequence?
300
I follow your every move, but you can't catch me. What am I?

What is your shadow?

300

The two parts of elaboration are called-

What is context and analysis?

400
I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse.
Hyperbole
400

The speaker in the story

Narrator

400
Sean and Brad are best friends. They have been going to the same school since kindergarten and have bonded over their love of sports. However, Sean's favorite sport is football while Brad prefers basketball.
What is Compare and Contrast
400

What goes up and never goes down?

What is your age?

400

The definition of analysis in an essay is-

Explaining how the quote PROVES the main argument

500
John was a strong ox as he rolled the boulder up the steep hill.
Metaphor
500
What is the climax(turning point) of a story?
The most intense or extreme part of a story where the action typically takes place and turns events towards their conclusion.
500
The summer had been extra hot with very little rain to relieve the thirsty earth. There were cracks in the ground that looked like someone might fall into. People neglected their lawns because no plant was motivated to be green or grow.
What is Cause / Effect
500

It belongs to you but other people use it more than you. What is it?

What are your name?

500

In a story, this is the act of showing that something bad or ominous may happen in the future. 

What is foreshadowing?