Illustrations
They help us understand the story
what are Illustrations?
This is the title of a section in a text.
What is a heading?
This is what the text is mostly about.
What is the main idea?
This is the person who tells the story.
What is the narrator?
This is the lesson or message of the story.
What is the theme?
These can show a character’s feelings or actions.
What are illustrations that show character feelings or actions?
This explains what is happening in a picture.
What is a caption?
These support and explain the main idea.
What are details?
This tells the story when the words “I” or “we” are used.
What is a character telling the story?
This is a theme about continuing even when things are hard.
What is perseverance or never giving up?
This might be happening if a picture shows dark clouds and rain.
What is a storm or something sad/scary?
These are important words that stand out in the text.
What are bold words?
This is the main idea of a passage about dogs helping people.
What is that dogs help people?
This tells the story when the words “he” or “she” are used.
What is a narrator outside the story?
This is a theme about caring for and helping others.
What is kindness?
These show where and when the story takes place.
What are illustrations that show the setting?
Authors use these to explain or show information using visuals.
What are diagrams?
This explains that the main idea is the big idea and details support it.
What is the difference between main idea and details?
This shows that two characters can feel differently about the same event
What is having different perspectives?
A story can have more than one of these.
What is theme?
These work together to help readers fully understand the story.
What are the words and pictures?
These help readers better understand information in a text.
What are text features?
This is where you can often find the main idea in a text.
What is the beginning or end (or throughout the text)?
This is how someone thinks or feels about something.
What is perspective?
This is how you figure out the theme by thinking about what the character learns.
What is determining the theme by looking at the lesson learned?