FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
STORY ELEMENTS
HMH UNITS
GRAMMAR GURUS
THIS SCHOOL YEAR
100

This compares two things using "like" or "as."

Simile

100

The main problem in a story.

Conflict

100

This character cut their hair and disguised as a boy. 

Parvana 

100

A noun names a person, place, thing, or _____.

Idea

100

Name one book or story we read this year in the textbook.

Any correct answer

200

"The wind whispered through the trees" is an example of this.

Personification

200

The person who tells the story.

Narrator 

200

This character walked hundreds of miles to safety in Sudan.

Salva

200

The punctuation mark used at the end of a question.

Question mark

200

Which month did school begin?

August

300

This compares two things without using like or as.

Metaphor 

300

Where and when a story takes place.

Setting 

300

What was the name of the fox in one of the stories we read?

Pax

300

Past tense of "run."

Ran

300

How many years has Mr. Brill been here?

One

400

"I've told you a million times!" is this type of figurative language.

Hyperbole

400

The most exciting part of a story.

Climax 

400

What brothers made the first air plane?

Wright Brothers

400

Choose the correct word: Their / There / They're going to the park.

They're

400

The magical object that disappears every day.

Pencil 

500

Name the figurative language: "Her smile was sunshine."

Metaphor 

500

The lesson or message of a story.

Theme 

500

Who wrote the story "Zoo"?

Edward Hoch

500

Name the subject in this sentence: "The students cheered loudly."

Students 

500

The phrase every teacher hears at least once a day.

Can I go to the bathroom?