Figurative language
Strategies
Parts Of a Story
Elements Of a Story
Characters
100

Her eyes were as cold as ice.

Simile.

100

Ruling out wrong answers.

Process of elimination.

100

The beginning of the story.

Exposition.

100

Life lesson or moral.

Theme.

100

Main character.

Protagonist.

200

The trees danced in the cool breeze.

Personification.

200

Underlining important information in the text.

Active reading.

200

Where the plot builds.

Rising action.

200

Where and when the story takes place.

Setting.

200

Goes against the main character.

Antagonist.

300

She sang a sweet song by the sea shore.

Alliteration.

300

Reading and noting down the main idea before reading.

Purpose for Reading.

300

Highest point of action.

Climax.

300

The main problem of a story.

Conflict.

300

A character that changes.

A dynamic character.

400

I've said this a million times!

Hyperbole.

400

An organizer to help with writing an essay.

Graphic Organizer.

400

The conflict starts to resolve.

Falling action.

400

How the story makes you feel.

Mood.

400

A character that stays the same.

A static character.

500

That test was a piece of cake!

Idiom.

500

Explaining why you chose your answer.

Reasoning.

500

The end of a story.

Resolution.

500

How the story makes the author feel.

Tone.

500

A deep, complicated character.

A round character.