Story Elements
This tells where and when a story happens.
setting
A word that names a person, place, or thing.
a noun
A word that means the same as another word.
a synonym
You figure this out using clues and what you already know.
What is an inference
Reading smoothly and with expression.
fluency
The main character in a story.
protagonist
A word that shows action.
a verb
A word that means the opposite of another word.
an antonym
The lesson or message of a story.
What is the theme
The speed at which you read.
reading rate
The problem in a story.
The conflict
A describing word.
an adjective
Clues in a sentence that help you understand a word.
context clues
Telling the important parts in your own words.
summarizing
Understanding what you read.
comprehension
How the problem gets solved.
The resolution
A word that tells how, when, or where.
an adverb
Words like “as” or “like” used to compare.
a simile
A guess about what will happen next.
a prediction
Looking back at the text to find answers.
rereading
The most exciting part of the story.
The climax
A sentence that asks something.
an interrogative sentence?
Giving human traits to animals or objects.
personification
Why an author writes a story (to inform, entertain, or persuade).
author’s purpose
Breaking words into parts to read them.
decoding