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Define Me!
Parts of a story
What element am I?
What Am I?
What Am I? Part 2
100
extreme exaggeration
hyperbole
100

The most exciting or important part of a story. 

Climax 

100

This is the main character in the story.

Protagonist

100
Best Buy, Coca-Cola, and Bed, Bath, and Beyond are examples of what?
Alliteration
100
I am dying of embarrassment.
hyperbole
200
giving human qualities to non-living thing
personification
200

A conflict that shows one person against another person is called _______ vs. ________.

Man vs. Man

200

When a writer reveals what a character is like through thoughts, actions, or dialogue.

Indirect characterization
200

He was as holy as Jesus. What type of figurative language is used?

Allusion

200
The lion spit out the clown because he tasted funny.
pun
300

The author's attitude toward the subject that he or she is writing about.

tone

300
The signpost where a person is experiencing internal conflict. 
Tough Question
300

The time and place where the action of a story occurs.

Setting

300
Meow, moo, tweet
Onomatopoeia
300
Her cheeks are red like a rose.
Simile
400

When a word is spelled the way it sounds. 

(The steam whooshed from the train.)

Onomatopoeia

400

A life lesson is also called a ........

Theme (or words of the wiser)

400

The use of hints or clues to suggest events that will happen later in the story.

Foreshadowing
400
The assignment was a breeze.
Metaphor Assignment and breeze are being compared.
400
She is awfully pretty.
oxymoron
500

The feeling that a story evokes in a reader. 

mood

500

This is a conflict where a person has a problem with the forces of nature. 

Man vs. Nature
500
When the narrator can only report what he or she sees and hears in a story without internal thoughts. Example: "Katie went to her locker and opened the door."

Third person narration

500
The fire swallowed the entire forest.
personification
500

The teacher tried to break the ice by doing a getting to know you activity.

What is "break the ice" called?

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