Story Elements
The character or force that opposes the protagonist in a story.
Antagonist
A written account of a person's life written by that person.
Autobiography
A word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea. Examples include "dog," "school," and "love."
Noun
Makes a statement or expresses an idea
Declarative Sentence
The repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words.
Alliteration
The atmosphere or feeling created by a literary work.
Mood
A figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike things NOT using like or as.
Metaphor
Provides more information about the noun or pronoun it modifies by describing its qualities or characteristics (e.g., "happy," "blue," "tall").
Descriptive Adjective
Gives a command or makes a request
Imperative Sentence
Words that imitate the sound they represent
Onomatopoeia
The struggle between opposing forces in a story, such as character vs. character, character vs. self, etc.
Conflict
A short story that typically features animals as characters and teaches a moral or lesson.
Fable
Indicates where an action occurs (e.g., "here," "there," "everywhere").
Place Adverb
Contains two or more independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction (and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet) or a semicolon.
Compound Sentence
Vivid descriptions that appeal to the senses and create mental images for the reader.
Imagery
A feeling of uncertainty or excitement about what will happen next in a story.
Suspense.
A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using "like" or "as"
Simile.
Connects the subject of a sentence with a noun, pronoun, or adjective that identifies or describes the subject (e.g., "is," "am," "are," "was," "were").
Linking Verb
Contains two or more independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.
Compound-Complex Sentence
A comparison between two things for the purpose of explanation or clarification
Analogy
The introduction of background information about characters, setting, and plot at the beginning of a story.
Exposition
A 14-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme and meter.
Sonnet
A word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence. Examples include "on," "under," and "with."
Preposition
Expresses strong emotion or excitement
Exclamatory Sentence
A single line of poetry
Verse