SAD Openers
Figurative Language
Brushstrokes
Dialogue
Extra
100

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.

100

The bunny's eyes are shining stars in the sky.

Meataphor

100

Her heart beating very fast, Emily fell off of the cliff.

Absolute 

100

I love to dance," said Amanda.

"I love to dance," said Amanda.

100

SAD openers make openings interesting.

True/Yes

200

True or false: The setting MUST always include dialogue.

False

200

The wind screamed as the people walked by.

Personification

200

The classroom, big, and loud, held tons of children.

Adjectives Out Of Order

200

"I do not like cookies,' Said tom

"I do not like cookies," said Tom.

200

It's raining cats and dogs.

Idiom

300

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

300

There was a deafening silence throughout the room.

Oxymoron

300

Ms. Greenbean, our teacher, made the loudest kids, Sam and Nicky, eat all of the chips.

Appositives

300

"what was the homework!" asked Molly.

"What was the homework?" asked Molly.

300

"Boom!"

Onomatopoeia

670

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.

670

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.

670

The wind howled, pulling on the girls' clothing as it sloshed back and forth.

Vivid Verbs

670

"Mangoes are yummy said robert"

"Mangoes are yummy," said Robert.

670

An absolute can't have a noun+ing verb.

False/ It has to have one.

1000

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.

1000

Which of the following is figurative language?

1. I danced in the mirror.

2. I love to play.

3. "Boom!"

3. "Boom!"

1000

The building, old and rusty, was an abandoned school.

Adjectives Out Of Order

1000

aRE we getting ice cream asked Nate.

"Are we getting ice cream?" asked Nate.

1000

What does setting do?

Answers may vary. Paint a picture in your reader's mind.