Figurative language
A comparison between two things using “like” or “as”
What is a simile?
This element tells where and when the story takes place
What is setting?
A tax placed on imported goods
What are Tariffs?
Only continent that is also a country
What is Australia?
Giving human qualities to non-human things
What is personification?
A word that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun (size, colour, or number)?
What is an adjective?
This element is the sequence of events that happen from beginning to end
What is plot?
This group was the first to inhabit Canada but was largely excluded from early government decisions
Who are the First Nations?
Country with the longest coastline
What is Canada?
An extreme exaggeration used for emphasis
What is a hyperbole?
What type of noun is capitalized and indicates a specific person, place, or thing
What is a proper noun?
This type of conflict occurs when a character struggles with their own thoughts or emotions
What is character vs self?
The years the American Civil War was fought
What is 1861-1865?
The European country home to Big Ben
What is England?
A direct comparison between two unlike things
What is a metaphor?
This element reflects the deeper meaning or universal message of a story.
What is theme?
The mass movement of immigrants from Europe to Canada in the 1830s/40s due to famine
What is the Great Migration?
The ocean that lies between the United States and Europe
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
Words that imitate sounds
What is onomatopoeia?
This element introduces conflicts and complications that build suspense before the climax
What is rising action?
The period in European history where people became interested in art, literature, and learning
What is the Renaissance?
The United States purchased Alaska from this country in the 18th century
What is Russia?