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Literary Elements
100

This is a paragraph of poetry. 

What is a stanza? 

100

THIS part of speech is highlighted in the sentence below:

When I went to Paris with Big Bird, we had so much fun walking to the top of the Eiffel Tower.

What is a noun? 

100

Examples of THIS are: Mystery, Gothic, Romance, Historical, Sci-Fi

What is genre? 

100

THIS is the correct a/an for the following sentence:

I wanted __ trip to the zoo. I have never seen __ alligator before.

What is a, an?

100

THIS gives human qualities to animals or objects

What is personification?

200

An example of this poetry term is:

Ms. Cook bought a brand new buggy to bounce all the way to Baltimore.

What is alliteration? 

200

THIS part of speech is highlighted in the sentence below:

Anna jumped from bed on Monday. She ran to the breakfast table, doing three cartwheels on the way.

What is a verb?

200

THIS symbolized hope or Janina’s soul.

What is the milkweed plant?

200

THIS is a feeling of excitement or curiosity as events build in a story.

What is suspense?

200

A character who undergoes little or no inner change; a character who does not grow or develop.

What is a static character?

300

Bang!    Bzzzz!    Meow!

What is onomatopoeia? 

300

THIS part of speech is highlighted in the sentence below:

The big dog barked loudly. When I came closer, I noticed that he was also smelly.

What is an adjective? 

300

This is the author of The Outsiders. 

Who is S.E. Hinton? 

300

THIS is how the story makes the reader feel.

What is mood? 

300

Something in a story that happens in the opposite way than was expected.

What is irony? 

400

In the following, this one line is NOT a simile:

Cheeks like roses 

Right as rain 

She’s a busy bee 

Hurt like the devil

What is She's a busy bee?

400

THIS is a word that modifies and answers one of the four questions:

how, when, where, or to what extent.

What is an adverb? 

400

This is the author of Milkweed. 

Who is Jerry Spinelli?

400

THIS is the sequence of events that occur in a story.

What is the plot? 

400

In A Christmas Carol- THIS was "It is never too late to change."

In A Long Walk to Water- THIS was "Never give up." 

What is theme? 

500

THIS is the name of a line of poetry. 

What is a verse? 

500

THIS part of speech is demonstrated with the underlined words in the following sentence:

He responded immediately. He ran fast and put the book there. He became extremely happy.

What is an adverb? 

500

THIS man wrote the poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay”

Who is Robert Frost? 

500

THIS story has the Cheshire Cat as a character

What is Alice in Wonderland?

500

A few examples of THIS in a story are a blanket, an 8th grader, a stapler, and a toenail.

What is a character?