STORY ELEMENTS IN POPPYStory by: Avi

PowerPoint by: Abbey, and Katie

CHARACTERS

Poppy Ereth Mr. Ocax Lungwort Basil Ragweed Rye Sweet Cicely George

PROTAGONIST AND ANTAGONIST

Poppy Mr.Ocax

LITERARY DEVICES

Foreshadowing Foreshadowing

means to hint at what is going to happen.

Example:

“Poppy put the quill back in her sash, she was hoping she would never have to use it.”

Onomatopoeia Onomatopoeia is the

sound occurring throughout the story.

Example:

“Whoosh! Mr. Ocax dove in at Poppy.”

LITERARY DEVICES

Simile Simile means to

compare things using “like” or “as”.

Example:

“The quill was like a sword.”

Literary Devices ForeshadowingForeshadowing means to

hint at what is going to happen.

OnomatopoeiaOnomatopoeia means the

sound occurring throughout the story.

SimileSimile means to compare

things using “like” or “as”.

POINT OF VIEW

Point of View is where the author tells it from a characters perspective. In Poppy, Mr. Ocax and Poppy are telling the story. When they are changing perspective in Poppy, they will ether start a new paragraph or they will put something like this: * * *.

SETTING

Time: Present Place: Dimwood Forest, Gray House, New

House, Bannock Hill, Glitter Creek, Cornfield, Ereth’s Log, Mr. Ocax’s Watching Tree, and Tar Road.

CLIMAX AND CONFLICT

Climax Climax is the most

exciting or scariest part of the story.

In Poppy, it is when she is fighting Mr. Ocax with the quill.

Conflict Conflict is the

problem in the story.

In Poppy, Mr. Ocax wanted to eat Poppy.

Also, Mr. Ocax won’t let Poppy and her family move to New House.

BOOKS OF POPPY

There are more books in Poppy like: Ragweed Ereth’s Birthday Poppy and Rye

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