Genre Characteristics
Literary Elements
Structure
Language
The Legend of the Black Sea
100
A tale that is passed down about a person or event that may or may not be based on truth and is not able to be verified.
What is a legend?
100
It includes the beginning (exposition), the events, and the ending (resolution) of the story.
What is plot?
100
These are visual representations, like photographs or drawings.
What are graphic features?
100
The literary device that uses an object or person to represent an idea.
What is symbolism?
100
"Black cat, evil cat," yelped the dog.
What is stereotyping?
200
A hero's mission is to accomplish something.
What is a quest?
200
The place, time, environment like the weather; can set the mood.
What is setting?
200
It is a clue about something that is going to happen in the future.
What is foreshadowing?
200
It is non-literal language like a simile, metaphor, personification, or idiom.
What is figurative language?
200
"I want a fish, Meow, meow..."
What is onomatopoeia (a sound device)?
300
The reason for writing a legend is to tell a story that teaches a moral value that is important to a culture.
What is the author's purpose?
300
Decisions the characters have to make because they are having to decide between two things; can be man vs. man, man vs. self, man vs. nature, man vs. society.
What is a conflict?
300
A literary device in which the action moves back into the past.
What is a flashback?
300
These are onomatopoeia, assonance, consonance, rhyme, repetition.
What are sound devices?
300
"He had a nice dog and an evil black cat." 
What is the conflict?
400
It is culturally important, like honesty, respect, and goodness.
What is a moral value?
400
It is the way characters behave, their appearance; what they say.
What is characterization?
400
It is telling a story that has a plot sequence and may have a flashback or foreshadowing. 
What is narrative?
400
This is painting a picture with words.
What is imagery?
400
"Serzhima, do you want a fish?"
"Serzhima, do you want a fish?"
What is repetition?
500
The heart message that is woven throughout the story.
What is a theme?
500
The author's attitude we can determine by the word choices.
What is tone?
500
This could be first person perspective, could be third person perspective, could be omniscient, could be limited.
What is point of view?
500
It is a fixed idea that many people have about a thing or a group that may often be untrue or only partly true. 
What is stereotyping?
500
"A person without faith is like a net without a fish? Once again you believe in goodness and once again your net is full."
What is a moral value?