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Parts of Speech
Figurative Language
Elements of a Short Story
Elements of a Short Story 2
100

It is a word you use to describe a person, place, or thing.

Adjectives

100
What figurative language is being used? I drank tons of water.
hyperbole
100
What element is the "background information" of a short story?
exposition
100
What is a story told from the "I" point of view?
first person
200

 It is a word that is used to modify verbs, adjectives, clauses, and other adverbs.

Adverb

200
What figurative language is being used? He screams like a whistle.
simile
200
What element is the "wrap up" of a short story?
resolution
200
What is a character that does not change in the course of the story?
flat character
300

What type of adverb is this? 

  • The dog slept peacefully on her bed.

Adverb of Manner

300
What figurative language is being used? buzz, click
onomatopoeia
300
What element is the "set of actions bringing the story to an end"?
falling action
300
What element is the "author's attitude to the subject of his/her writing"?
tone
400

What are the three types of verbs?

Action verbs 

Modal or helping verbs

Linking verbs 



400
**Daily Double** What figurative language is being used? The boy's stomach was a bottomless pit.
metaphor
400
What element is the "the high point of the story when the conflict is resolved"?
climax
400
What is the "hero" of a story called?
protagonist
500

It tells  the relationship between the other words in a sentence.
Example:
I left my bike leaning against the garage.  

Prepositions

500
What figurative language is being used? The wind howled.
Personification
500
What element is the "plot in the story that builds to the climax"?
rising action
500
What element is "Don't judge a book by it's covers"?
theme