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Match the following root words to their meanings

• Hear

• Graph

• Light

• Cred

• Write

• Photo

• Believe

• Audi

Simile, Metaphor, or Hyperbole?

Groups:

(a) Simile

,

(b) Metaphor

,

(c) Hyperbole

• Today will never end.

• This place is a zoo!

• Your eyes are as blue as the ocean.

• It's so hot, I'm melting.

• He was as quiet as a mouse.

• The first day was a circus.

Put the elements of plot into the correct order. (1= beginning/ 5= end)

• Falling Action

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Resolution

What is the setting of a story?

• When a story takes place

• Where a story takes place

• When and where a story takes place

• When and why a story takes place

Match the story vocabulary to their definitions

• Protagonist

• The event that kicks the conflict into motion

• Antagonist

• The character or force opposing the main character

• Plot

• The problem the main character is trying to resolve

• Conflict

• The chain of events that make up a story

• Inciting incident

• The main character