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Story Elements
Parts of Speech
Writing
Figurative Language
Words & More
100
Where and when a story takes place
What is the setting
100
A noun you can't detect with your senses.
What is an abstract noun?
100
This pronoun is always capitalized.
What is "I"?
100
What is a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"
What is simile?
100
When two words sound the same, but have different spellings and meanings, they are this.
What are homophones?
200
Sequence of events in a story
What is the plot?
200
"is" is what type of verb?
What is linking?
200
Type of writing in which an author tells a story.
What is narrative?
200
What is a comparison between two unlike things that does NOT use "like" or "as", and which states that something "is" something
What is a metaphor?
200
This word means the opposite of another word.
What is an antonym?
300
The background/beginning of a story, where you learn about the characters
What is the exposition?
300
"Yuck!", and "Geez!" are examples of this part of speech.
What is an interjection?
300
Writing that states an opinion and attempts to influence the reader.
What is persuasive?
300
What is it called when human characteristics are given to something nonhuman
What is personification?
300
This word means the same as another.
What is a synonym?
400
The struggle or problem faced by the main character
What is the conflict?
400
In the sentence, "The black bear is hungry", what part of speech is "hungry"?
What is an adjective?
400
These stories impart a moral/lesson, and usually feature talking animals.
What are fables?
400
Example: "Stellar students synthesize sweet sentences" uses this.
What is alliteration?
400
This is the actual definition of a word.
What is denotation?
500
The message of the story
What is the theme?
500
Identify the prepositional phrase in this sentence: "The dog is sitting under the table."
What is "under the table"?
500
This is where your thesis (or main point) is placed in an essay.
What is at the end of first paragraph/introduction?
500
A word that imitates the sound it represents.
What is onomatopoeia?
500
This is the emotion associated with a word.
What is connotation?