Literary Terms-definition
What are the five fictional story ELEMENTS?
characters, conflict, setting, plot and theme
A blurb underneath a photograph or illustration is....
Caption
Example:
I have plethara of hair bows, one for everyday of the year.
inference
A venn diagram is used to put the information from this text structure in a graphic organizer
Compare and Contrast
Which upstairs techer used to swim competively?
Ms. Cisco
What is the PLOT of a story?
The series of events
Words listed in alphabetical order, with page numbers usually at the back of the book
Index
I was wardrobe ready, I had skirts, dresses, pants and tons
examples
This happens which makes this happen
cause and effect
What year was I born?
1987
What is the theme?
universal truth, underlying message, THE MESSAGE
an image to help guide the readers understanding
photograph/illustration
My reaction was impulsive, I did not not think it through.
antonym
Explains something that gices the reader characteristcs about the topic, as well as details. USE a web for a graphic organizer when tring to organize information.
Description
Where is Ms. Slattery from?
Floridia
Define, point if view and list the five different types...
POV-the perspective by which the story is told, who is the narrator? Is the narrator inside or out side of the story?
* first person
* second person
* third person-outside the story
1.limited
2. omnicient
3. objective
Highlighted,bold, ittalics, underlined; are all types of...
special text/font
She was jovial, just so happy to see her grandpa.
synonym
We first landed in 1978 and who would have thought 27 years later in 2003 we would be embarking on a new adventure. First we flew to Costa Rica where we saw the jungle. Then we flew over to Europe in search of the rare gem................
Chronological Order/ Sequence
What different job did Ms.Methvien used to have before she was a teacher?
Police officer
What are the three main genres?
Nonfiction, Fictioin, and Folklore/talltale/fairy tail/myth/legend
On a diagram these point out certain parts...
labels
We traveled out to the furthist point of the peninsula, a part of land the juts out into a body of water, water hits three sides of the piece of land.
Definition
I keep sleeping through math and my grades are dropping. All I can think about is getting home and getting on fortnite. This continued for about a month. I finally realized the solution to my grades dropping is going to sleep earlier and not playing video games late into the night...
problem and solution
List all the 5th grade teacher's first names:
Amy
Kathy
Xiomara
Christina
Francine