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Story Elements
Types of Genres
Figurative Language
Fiction
You Should Know
100
where and when the story takes place
What is setting?
100
fictional stories passed down for generations before being written down. No known author.
What is folktale?
100
"She was as beautiful as a rose"... is an example.
What is simile?
100
The time and place a story takes place.
What is setting?
200
who the story is about
What is a character?
200
fictional stories (usually fantasy) with a lesson or moral to learn at the end. Often the main characters are animals.
What is a fable?
200
"The chair jumped across the room" is an example of...
What is personification?
200
The most exciting part of a story.
What is the climax?
300
what happens to the characters in the setting (often a problem to solve)
What is a plot?
300
Factual information. Ex: biography, personal experience, news stories, textbooks, encyclopedias, etc.
What is non-fiction?
300
"The road was a ribbon of red" is an example of...
What is a metaphor?
300
The ending of a story.
What is the resolution?
300
The feeling the author creates in a story.
What is mood?
400
What the story is mainly about.
What is main idea?
400
any story that did not happen
What is fiction?
400
A poem that tells a story, usually about an impressive hero that has a great journey to take.
What is an epic?
400
Point of view that uses "I".
What is first person?
400
what you should do before beginning an open response.
What is draw 4 boxes for 4-square?
500
Three reasons an author writes.
What is to entertain, inform, or persuade?
500
usually shorter that prose with rich sensory language that creates a mental and/ or emotional image.
What is poetry?
500
A narrative poem which is sometimes called a tall tale because it uses exaggeration.
What is a ballad?
500
Three different ways the author reveals his characters.
What is what the characters says, what the character does, and what others say about the character?
500
What you should do before reading a selection.
What is read the questions?