Story Elements
Story/Text Structure
Author' Purpose
Genre
Figurative Language
100

to make an inference

What you know + what is in the text = conclusion/inference

100

The part of a plot line that introduces characters and setting

What is the exposition

100

a poem

what is entertainment

100

True

what is Non-Fiction

100

uses like or as

what is a simile
200

war, country, late summer, 1964 are all examples.

What is Mood?
200

type of conflict

What is man vs. man, man vs nature, man vs society, man vs self
200

opinion writing

what is to persuade

200

False

Fiction

200

exaggeration 

What is hyperbole

300

The author's attitude

what is tone

300

The point on a plot line when the conflict is introduced

what is the incited incident

300

A how to manual

What is to explain or inform

300

Written to create emotion, often has imagery, rhythm and rhyme. 

What is Poetry

300

ex. The whispering wind was so cool it felt good with the summer heat. 

What is personification

400

SLIME

What is Subject, Lesson, Idea, Message, Evidence 

400

determined, honest, loving, kind are just a few examples

What is character traits?

400

Ex. Pizza tastes better than hamburgers

What is to Persuade

400

a story using made-up characters and event, but it could really happen

What is realistic fiction

400

Rhyme scheme

Celery, raw,

Develops the jaw, 

but celery stewed,

is more quietly chewed.

                         Ogden Nash

what is AABB

500

An idea about life or human nature that an author is trying to share with the reader.

What is Theme

500

how and why events happen

what is text structure

500

arctic foxes can live in dens under the snow. They also often make their dens under the logs. 

what is to explain/inform

500

a text written about ones self

Autobiography

500

Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

What is Alliteration