Find the setting:
1: On a bright, sunny day, the golden sun shined over the clear water of lake Pumpkin.
2: The young animals danced around in the field as they were cooking breakfast.
3:"Molly!" yelled the mother deer, as she was looking for her daughter.
What is:
1: On a bright, sunny day, the golden sun shined over the clear water of lake Pumpkin.
The bunny's eyes are shining stars in the sky.
Meataphor
Her heart beating very fast, Emily fell off of the cliff.
Absolute
I love to dance," said Amanda.
"I love to dance," said Amanda.
SAD openers make openings interesting.
True/Yes
True or false: The setting MUST always include dialogue.
False
The wind screamed as the people walked by.
Personification
The classroom, big, and loud, held tons of children.
Adjectives Out Of Order
"I do not like cookies,' Said tom
"I do not like cookies," said Tom.
It's raining cats and dogs.
Idiom
What does SAD stand for?
A: Your story must start with an opening that is sad and makes readers cry.
B: Simple And Different
C: Setting Action Dialogue
C: Setting Action Dialogue
There was a deafening silence throughout the room.
Oxymoron
Ms. Greenbean, our teacher, made the loudest kids, Sam and Nicky, eat all of the chips.
Appositives
"what was the homework!" asked Molly.
"What was the homework?" asked Molly.
"Boom!"
Onomatopoeia
Find the correct SAD opener.
1. Sammy the turtle walked.
2. On a bright, sunny day, the golden sun shined over the clear water of lake Pumpkin. The young animals danced around in the field as they were cooking breakfast."Molly!" yelled the mother deer, as she was looking for her daughter.
3. Lizzy the lizard lived somewhere. She ran to school. Hi Lizzy! "Said her friend Lana."
2. On a bright, sunny day, the golden sun shined over the clear water of lake Pumpkin. The young animals danced around in the field as they were cooking breakfast."Molly!" yelled the mother deer, as she was looking for her daughter.
Which of the following is an idiom?
1. She is busy as a bee.
2. It's raining cats and dogs.
3. I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
2. It's raining cats and dogs.
The wind howled, pulling on the girls' clothing as it sloshed back and forth.
Vivid Verbs
"Mangoes are yummy said robert"
"Mangoes are yummy," said Robert.
An absolute can't have a noun+ing verb.
False/ It has to have one.
Find the correct example of dialogue:
A: The rabbit ran through the grass in the rainy weather.
B: "Come here Peter," said Mom.
C: In a deep, dark forest, there lived a rabbit named Peter.
B: "Come here Peter," said Mom.
Which of the following is figurative language?
1. I danced in the mirror.
2. I love to play.
3. "Boom!"
3. "Boom!"
The building, old and rusty, was an abandoned school.
Adjectives Out Of Order
aRE we getting ice cream asked Nate.
"Are we getting ice cream?" asked Nate.
What does setting do?
Answers may vary. Paint a picture in your reader's mind.