Grammar
Elements of a Story
Figurative Language
Parts of Speech
100

ms. delk has too catz?

Ms. Delk has two cats. 

100

Where the story takes place. 

Setting

100

Comparison using "like" or "as"

Simile

100

A person, place, or thing.

Noun

200

ms. graham is from lake charles louisiana 

Ms. Graham is from Lake Charles, Louisiana. 

200

People in a story. 

Characters

200

The following is an example of what figurative language: He's a couch potato.

Metaphor

200

The following words are examples of what part of speech: She, it, something, myself

Pronouns

300

Him and his friends was planning to go to the museum yesterday.  

He and his friends were planning to go to the museum yesterday.  

300

The way in which a story's events are presented to the audience.

Plot

300

Gives an animal, object, or idea human qualities. 

Personification

300
An action word

Verb

400

Neither the book or the notebook was on the desk this morning.

Neither the book nor the notebook was on the desk this morning.

400

The central idea, message, or concept that the author wants to convey to the reader

Theme

400

An exaggeration or overstatement to emphasize a point. 

Hyperbole

400

A word that describes a noun. 

Adjective

500

If she would have studied harder, she would have passed the test.

If she had studied harder, she would have passed the test.

500

The primary turning point in a story. 

Climax

500

The following is an example of what figurative language: She's feeling under the weather. 

Idiom

500

The following words are examples of what part of speech: in, on, at, about, over, under. 

Prepositions