The lesson or message that can be inferred from a story
What is theme?
Bold print, headings, title, and footnotes are examples of these.
What are text features?
A group of lines in a poem
What is stanza?
This narrator is also a character in the story.
What is first person P.O.V.?
This genre utilizes scenes, stage directions, and character tags.
What is a drama?
The series of events in a story
What is Plot?
The text under a photo that gives an explanation about it
What is a caption?
A poem that reads like a story
What is narrative poetry?
Sasha and Jonah were thrown into the rushing water. As they were carried along, bobbing up and down like a corks, Sasha wondered if her baby would remember her if she died. POV?
What is Third Person Limited?
This organizational pattern explains how and why events occurred.
What is cause and effect?
The main conflict starts this part of the plot
What is rising action?
An author writes an informational text to explain or describe something. This is called what?
What is author's purpose?
Silly Sally smiled sadly is an example of
What is alliteration
The narrator draws the reader in by speaking directly to them.
What is second person POV?
An author uses this type of figurative language to exaggerate in order to emphasize a point.
What is hyperbole?
This literary element affects both the plot and the theme as well as giving you an important idea of time and place
What is setting?
This is what the passage or paragraph is mostly about
What is main or central idea?
The one who is talking in the poem
What is the speaker?
I was late for school, so I was in a hurry and forgot my planner. I was so worried that I was going to be in trouble for being unprepared. POV?
What is first person POV?
The part of the story where the main character has to make a decision or the turning point of the story
What is the climax?
This story is true. The characters, setting, and events are all real. What genre is this?
What is narrative nonfiction?
How an author organizes their ideas
What is organizational pattern or text structure?
The candy in the cupboard called to me. This is an example of what?
What is personification
Narrator knows everything in the story and reveals the thoughts of two or more characters.
What is third person omniscient POV?
Language that appeals to your senses or that paints a picture in your head
What is sensory language?