Vocabulary
Figurative Language
Story Elements
Read-Alouds
100

(verb) to die

What is perish?

100

You are my sunshine!

What is a metaphor?

100

The time and place that a story takes place is the...

What is the setting?

100

In The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses, the main character ends up as...

What is a horse?

200
(noun) what someone thinks is going to happen

What is a prediction?

200

Eyes like twin stars.

What is a simile?

200

The turning point of the story is the...

What is the climax?

200

The Face in The Pool drew inspiration from what source of Western tradition

What is greek mythology?

300

(adj) two things happening at exactly the same time

What is simultaneous?

300

The halls sighed as the students left for summer break.

What is personification?

300

The main problem in a story

What is the conflict?

300

The author's purpose in The Hungry Ghosts was...

What is inform? OR What is to explain the struggles of immigrants?

400
(adj) likely to happen at any moment

What is imminent?

400

His head is the size of the moon!

What is hyperbole?

400

Who tells the story in a third person text

What is a narrator?

400

The main character in Bearwalker is named...

Who is Baron?

500
(noun, verb) the act of overthrowing a leader, typically in the military or on a pirate ship

What is mutiny?

500

He hates Henry the hat-maker for having horrible hasty habits!

What is alliteration?

500

The part at the beginning of a story that introduces characters, setting, and plot

What is the exposition?

500

The theme in Wishes Gone Awry 

What is the danger of greed?