STORY ELEMENTS
This is the time and place where a story happens.
What is setting?
"The wind whispered through the trees."
This example uses this figurative language technique.
What is personification?
The main character in a story is called this.
What is the protagonist?
The beginning of a story where characters and setting are introduced.
What is the exposition?
The lesson or message an author wants readers to understand.
What is theme?
This is the sequence of events that happen in a story.
What is plot?
"The classroom was as quiet as a library."
This comparison uses this technique.
What is a simile?
A character who changes throughout a story is called this.
What is a dynamic character?
The turning point or most intense moment of a story.
What is the climax?
The author's choice of words is called:
What is diction?
This character works against the main character.
What is antagonist?
"The snow was a blanket covering the ground."
This comparison uses this technique.
What is a metaphor?
A character who stays mostly the same throughout a story is called this.
What is a static character?
The struggle between opposing forces in a story.
What is conflict?
When an author gives hints about future events, this technique is called:
What is foreshadowing?
This is the narrator's attitude toward the subject or characters.
What is tone?
"The alarm clock screamed at me this morning."
What type of figurative language is used?
What is personification?
When readers learn about a character through actions, thoughts, and dialogue, this is called:
What is indirect characterization?
A character struggling against another character is this type of conflict.
What is character vs. character?
A reference to another text, person, event, or idea is called:
What is an allusion?
A story told using "I" or "we" is written in this point of view.
What is first person point of view?
Identify the figurative language:
"I have told you a million times to clean your room!"
What is hyperbole?
A character's motivations, fears, beliefs, and desires help readers understand this.
What is character development?
A character struggling against their own thoughts or feelings is this type of conflict.
What is character vs. self?
Why might an author choose first-person point of view?
What is to allow readers to experience the story through the narrator's thoughts and feelings?