Elemental, my dear Watson
The group of 7 components that are essential to effective storytelling.
What are literary elements?
This is an action word.
What is a verb?
*TERRIFIC TRIPLE* The set of rules that govern the English language. This dictiates how languages are used.
What is grammar?
This type of question requires a response based on a text that has been read by the responder.
What is text-dependent?
This country has one vending machine for every twenty-three people.
What is Japan?
Obstacles or challenges that get in the way of a character achieving a goal.
What is conflict?
All poems are broken up into these.
What are lines/verses?
A universal idea, lesson, or message explored throughout a work of literature that is conveyed by the author and interpreted by the reader.
What is theme?
These words are used to describe.
What are adjectives?
This part of grammar includes things such as periods, commas, and exclamation points.
What is punctuation?
This type of essay offers information on a given topic.
What is expository?
The color of this popular bouncy sporting ball had its color officially changed in 1972 to be more visible on TV.
What is a tennis ball?
The protagonist and companions are in search of something or are trying to accomplish a goal in this common plot type.
What is a quest?
A three-lined poem containing a 5-7-5 syllable pattern that is usually about nature.
What is a haiku?
People, animals, places, or objects that exist in fictional or non-fictional works of literature, plays, music, and films.
What are characters?
A person, place, thing, object, or idea.
What is a noun?
This refers to the past, present, and future.
What is tense?
Things such as font style, font size, spacing, and alignment refer to this. Various types include MLA, APA, and Chicago.
What is format?
This popular food, once thought to be an acronym, was actually named by the winner of a naming contest for this product.
What is Spam?
An event that acts as the catalyst (start) of the rising action. This is where the reader can begin to recognize the plot.
What is the inciting incident?
Many poems contain specific groupings of stanzas, which are referred to as this. For example:
ABBA ABBA CDE CDE
What is rhyme scheme?
The world in which characters live and the story takes place.
What is setting?
This modifies a verb, and can explain to what degree something is done.
What is an adverb?
This is the person or thing performing an action; it is the main focus of a sentence. This usually will come before a verb.
What is subject?
This is a crucial process to help discover and fix mistakes, and to refine a rough draft; performed by two or more people.
This African country has more pyramids than anywhere else in the world.
What is Sudan?
Stories told using the pronouns she, hers, him, his, they, and theirs. This can occur as limited or omniscient.
What is 3rd person point of view?
*DAILY DOUBLE* This type of poem is meant to bring about laughter.
What is a limerick?
The sequence of connected events that make up a narrative in a novel.
What is plot?
This is used to show expression or can be used as a command.
What is an interjection?
The part of a sentence or clause that expresses what is said of the subject and that usually consists of a verb with or without objects, complements, or adverbial modifiers.
What is predicate?
This is the part of a writer's introduction that provides a brief explanation for what will be discussed throughout the written work. This is usually used for various types of essays.
What is a thesis statement?
Oranges, grapefruits, lemons, and limes are not naturally occurring in the wild and are the results of mixing other fruits. They can be called this.
What is a hybrid?
When a character is developed through their own words and actions, and is not described by the author.
What is indirect characterization?
What type of poem contains the following rhyme scheme?
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
What is a Shakespearean sonnet?