Genres
Story Elements
Plays
Character Traits
Poetry
100
The story takes place on a distant planet.
What is fantasy or science fiction?
100
Time and place of the story.
What is the setting?
100
List of the people in a play.
What is the cast?
100
Takes care of sick people.
What is caring or kind?
100
spider spins a web weaving and spinning a trap yummy flies and bugs
What is a haiku?
200
This story takes place during the Civil War.
What is historical fiction?
200
Who (people or animals) the story is about.
What is characters?
200
Breaks in the story. Scenery may be changed.
What is a scene or act?
200
Always tells the truth.
What is honest?
200
spiders clever, sneaky spinning, weaving, killing catches flys and bugs arachnid
What is a cinquain?
300
This story tells exaggerated tales about Paul Bunyan.
What is a tall tale?
300
Another word for the main problem in the story.
What is conflict?
300
What the actors read to learn their parts.
What is the script?
300
Characters who only think of themselves.
What is conceited, arrogant, or self-centered?
300
Mary had a little lamb His fleece was white as snow Everywhere that Mary went The lamb was sure to go Rhyming Pattern:
What is abcb?
400
This story takes place in a small town in Ohio, in present-day times.
What is realistic fiction?
400
How the main problem is solved.
What is the resolution?
400
Things the actors use: sword, broom, etc.
What is a prop?
400
A character who wants lots of money and power.
What is selfish or greedy?
400
There once was a lady from town, Who always word a mean frown, She was crossing the street And fell off of her feet And now has a bump on her crown!
What is a limerick?
500
This story includes wizards and unicorns.
What is fantasy?
500
Main idea or message of the story.
What is theme?
500
Background that shows the setting.
What is the scenery?
500
This character takes risks to help or save other people.
What is courageous or brave?
500
To describe something with colorful words and descriptive images in fewer words than a regular essay or story.
What is the purpose of a poem?