Story Elements
Where and when a story takes place
Setting
Make-believe
A comparison using "like" or "as"
Simile
Claim that is meant to be proved
Thesis
Why a person is writing?
The driving problem in a story
Conflict
A story about a real or imaginative person
Narrative
Repetition of letters, phrases, or words
Alliteration
Author/narrator's attitude in the story
Tone
A hint that something bad will happen
Foreshadowing
A conversation between characters
Dialogue
A true story you wrote about yourself
Autobiography
To exaggerate something (a big amount)
Hyperbole
Sarcasm/ the opposite of what you expect
Irony
Topic/ what an article is about
Central Idea
Well developed character (changes throughout the story)
Dynamic Character
Involves a magical and mythological creatures
Fantasy
To quote or refer to a famous text (bible, myth)
Allusion
Emotion of the story
Mood
Who is telling the story/ what the narrator knows
Point of View
Reference to a historical or famous event
Allusion
A story with animals and a moral
Fable
a common phrase which means something different than its original meaning
Idiom
To exaggerate a problem in a funny way
Satire
Emotional charge of a word (positive, negative, neutral)
Connotation