Story Elements
Author's Purpose
Poetry
Text Features
Drama or Play
100
Fiction always includes this description of time and place.
What is setting?
100

The author's pupose for writing non-fiction could be to explain, descibe, _________, or ________.

What is to persuade or inform?

100
A group of lines in poetry, similar to a paragraph.
What is a stanza?
100

This text feature helps me know what words are important in the text.

What are BOLDED words?

100

How are plays organized?

What is into acts or scenes?

200
The point of view told by someone in the story.
What is first person?
200
The author's purpose of a non-fiction text can never be to_____________.
What is entertain?
200

A group of words in a poem that go from the left to the right and may or may not have punctuation at the end.

What is a line?

200

Author's use this to let the reader know what the main idea of the paragraph will be.

What is topic sentence or heading?

200
These are the words that tell what the characters should be doing while on stage. These words are usually in (parenthesis).
What is stage directions?
300
These are based on the actions and words of the characters.
What are character traits?
300

Tha author's purpose of an advertisement about the best features of an ipad that includes words like you should and best.

What is to persuade?

300
Poetry that does not rhyme.
What is free verse?
300
These words are located at the top of dictionary pages.
What are guide words?
300
This gives details about the time and place that the story took place.
What is the setting?
400
Authors sometimes includes this hidden message or lesson in their stories.
What is a theme?
400
The author's purpose for writing fiction.
What is to entertain?
400
True or False. Poetry can tell a story.
What is true?
400

What type of text feature would help the reader better understand where a placeis located?

What is a map?

400
Lines that are spoken between two or more characters.
What is dialogue?
500
The point of view when he, she, it, or they is primarily used?
What is third person?
500
This is the author's purpose of a newspaper article about the dangers of playing video games all day is _______________.
What is to inform?
500

When the poet gives human traits to an object.

What is personification?

500

Name 3 ways writers organize information in an article.

What is cause and effect, compare and contrast, order of events, or problem and solution?

500

The person who tells or carries the story along.

What is the narrator?

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