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What's in a Story?
Literary Terms
Grammar Police
Name that Root Word
Miscellaneous
100
The events that take place within a story
What is plot
100
The time and place of the action in a story
What is setting
100
Label the parts of speech for each word: Joe and Mary went to the show.
Joe; Mary- Proper noun and- conjunction went- verb to- preposition the-article show- common noun
100
Root word meaning believe
What is cred
100
Topic in "Amigo Brothers"
What is friendship
200
The background or setting of a story can be found in this stage of the plot.
What is exposition
200
A person, place, or thing that stands for something beyond itself
What is a symbol
200
This part of speech tells what the subject is doing
What is a verb
200
Root word that means earth
What is geo
200
Name the point of view: Antonio Cruz and Felix Vargas were both seventeen years old. They were so together in friendship that they felt themselves to be brothers.
What is third-person point of view
300
The stage in a story that eases suspense and reveals how the main character begins to resolve the conflict
What is falling action
300
A message about life or human nature that a writer wants you to understand
What is a theme
300
Identify the complete subject and complete predicate: They have been studying diligently.
Complete subject: They Complete predicate: have been studying diligently
300
Root word that means bend
What is flex
300
Name the type of conflict: A girl has a fight with friends.
What is external conflict
400
The most exciting moment and the turning point of the story
What is climax
400
A struggle between a character and an outside force
What is an external conflict
400
The word that modifies the verb "walked" in the following sentence: John walked faster than Peter.
What is faster
400
Root word that means say
What is dict
400
Name one difference between a narrator with first-person point of view and a narrator third-person point of view.
A narrator with first-person point of view is a character in the story. A narrator with third-person point of view is not a character in the story.
500
The stage in a story where suspense builds and the conflict becomes more complicated
What is rising action
500
A logical guess based on clues in the text plus your own knowledge
What is an inference
500
Please close the door on your way out. Name the sentence purpose and the sentence type.
Sentence purpose: imperative Sentence type: simple
500
Root word that means within
What is endo
500
Change the text to first-person point of view. Every day at three o'clock Mrs. Markham waited for her son, Willie, to come out of school. They walked home together. If asked why she did it, Mrs. Markham would say, "Parents need to watch their children."
Every day at three o'clock my mom waited for me to come out of school. We walked home together. If I asked her why she did it, my mom would say, "Parents need to watch their children."