Figurative Language
He was like a sloth moving so slow.
Simile
The students always had a plethora of excuses when they got in trouble.
means excessive number/ a lot
What names a person, place, or thing?
Noun
Moving pictures, majority of the time has audio.
Video
People or animals in a story
Characters
The snowflakes danced from the sky to the ground in grace.
Personification
The delightful aroma of popcorn made them hungry
smell/scent
It is used in place of a noun
Pronoun
a book or other written or printed work, regarded in terms of its content rather than its physical form.
Text
Time and place when a story happens
Setting
We waited 10,000 years for the cookies to be done.
Hyperbole
She did not communicate to me, so I am vague on the details of what to do.
uncertain, unsure
Modifies or describes a noun
Adjective
A graphic that moves, a GIF can be considered one.
Animated Graphic
Sequence of events in a story including a problem, or goal and solution.
Plot
Piper Pelly picked a purple pepper.
Alliteration
I was flabbergasted when I found out I won the art contest.
surprised/amazed
Describes an action, occurrence, or state of being
verb
A representation of an area of land or sea showing physical features, cities, roads, etc.
Map
The big idea of the story, the hidden message
Theme/Main Idea
Metaphor
The teacher admonished her students to finish their work, so they would not get a 0.
warned
Can modify a a verb, adjective, adverb, or whole sentence.
Adverb
an image, or picture, that has been captured on film or some other material.
photo, picture
The struggle that characters in the story must overcome.
Conflict/Problem