Story Elements
When and where the story takes place
What is the setting?
The boy was wild as a monkey!
What is an example of a simile?
The grass is green and the bases are loaded. I hear the crack of the bat and the crowd cheer!
What is a baseball game?
Everyone loves the St. Louis Zoo!
What is an opinion?
This text feature tells you what a story, article, or text is about.
What is the title?
Another word for the problem of the story
What is conflict?
Her hair was black coal.
What is an example of a metaphor?
It is summer and the sun is shining. I hear the waves crashing on the shore. I feel the sand beneath my feet.
What is the beach?
There are 237 different kinds of animals in the zoo.
What is a fact?
This text feature gives you information or a description of a picture.
What is a caption?
People, animals, or imaginary creatures that interact in a story
What is characters?
His backpack weighed a ton!
What is an example of a hyperbole?
Screaming and laughter are heard in the air. You can smell popcorn all around. Everywhere you look you can see fast rolling carts twisting and flipping.
What is an amusement park?
Describe a fact
What is a statement that can be proven true?
This text feature summarizes important events by dates.
What is a time line?
Main events in a story that include the problem and solution
What is the plot?
The leaves danced in the wind
What is an example of an personification?
You can't see because it is so dark. It is cold and damp. You hear bats flying and squeaking.
What is a cave?
Describe an opinion
What is a statement describing how you feel or think?
This text feature names all of the parts of a picture.
What are labels?
The most intense, exciting, or important part in a story
What is the climax?
Dexter is digging deep down in the dirt.
What is an example of an alliteration?
You have your hands over your eyes. You are so frightened that you don't want to see what happens next.
What is watching a scary movie?
Two magnets repel when pushed together and it looks very cool.
What is a fact and an opinion?
Textbooks have this so that you may find particular topics easily.
What is the table of contents?