Literacy Elements
A person, being, or animal in a story
What is character?
ways writers use sound, likerhyme or repetition
what is sound device?
instructions in a play that tell actors what to do or where to go
what is stage directions?
A short story that teaches a lesson
What is fable?
the voice talking in a poem or story
what is speaker?
letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning or how it’s used
what is suffix
a big section of a play, like a chapter in a book
what is act?
something that is true and can be proven
what is fact?
the way a text is organized or put together
what is structure?
how information is put together in a text
what is organizational pattern?
The sequence of events in a story
What is plot?
a group of lines in a poem, like a paragraph
what is Stanza?
the words characters say to each other in a story or play
what dialogue?
Something important that happens in a story
What is event?
a single row of words in a poem
what is line?
a letter or group of letters added to the
beginning of a word to change its meaning
what is prefix?
smaller parts inside an act
what is scenes?
what someone thinks or feels; it can’t be proven true
what is opinion?
a claim or opinion supported by reasons and evidence
what is argument?
what a story or article is mostly about
what is topic?
A problem or struggle between opposing forces
What is conflict?
a pattern of rhyming words at the end of lines in a poem
What is rhyme scheme?
the person who tells the story
what is narrator?
The end of the story where the problems get solved
What is resolution?
words that help you picture something in your mind
what is imagery?
a general term for any part (like a prefix or suffix) added to a word to change its meaning
what is affix?
a person, animal, or thing in a story or play
what is character?
why the writer wrote something
what is author's purpose?
the people the author writes for or speaks to
what is audience?
facts, examples, or details that prove something is true
what is evidence?
The central idea or message of a text
What is Theme?
words that mean something different than their normal meaning
What is figurative Language?
the person who writes a play
what is playwright?
The part of the story where things start to get exciting
What is rising action?
the central idea or message of a text
what is theme?
the basic part of a word that gives
it its main meaning
What is root word?
objects used by characters in a play to help tell the story
what is props?
a statement someone believes to be true
what is claim?
the most important point or message in a text
what is key idea?
the big idea or main point of a story or article
what is central idea?