Genre
Literary Elements
Poetry
Parts of the Story
Literary Terms
100

Stories that could be true but aren't 

What is Realistic Fiction?

100

The order of events in a story. Includes the climax 

What is Plot?

100

Comparing two things using like or as

What is Simile?

100

The time and place of a story

What is Setting?

100

The lesson learned from the story

What is Theme?

200

One's life story written by oneself 

What is Autobiography? 

200

The narrator knows the thoughts/feelings of one character 

What is 3rd Person Limited?

200

Bang - Boom - Splash

What is Onomatopoeia? 

200

Another name for a picture

What is Figure?

200

Looking at how things are alike and different

What is Compare and Contrast?

300

One's life story written by someone else

What is Biography?

300

The narrator knows the thoughts/feelings of all characters

What is 3rd Person Omniscient?

300

Pretty Pink Pig

What is Alliteration?

300

Another word for problem

What is Conflict?

300

The reason and the outcome. The what and the why

What is Cause and Effect?

400

Plays or scripts (includes stage directions)

What is Drama?

400

Using your knowledge and combining it with the information from the story to predict what happened

What is Inference?

400

The blanket hugged me tightly 

What is Personification?

400

The way in which the story is being told

What is Point of View?

400

The main point of a paragraph or story

What is Main Idea?

500

Stories once passed down orally

What is Folklore? 

500

Using your knowledge and combining it with information from the story and predicting what will happen next (later)

What is Foreshadow?

500

An exaggeration-He's as tall as a skyscraper 

What is Hyperbole?

500

Title, Subtitles, Pictures, Captions

What are Text Features?

500

The B-M-E of a story

What is Summary?