Story Elements
Fiction always includes this description of time and place.
What is setting?
The author's pupose for writing non-fiction could be to entertain, _________, or ________.
What is to persuade or inform?
A group of lines in poetry, similar to a paragraph.
What is a stanza?
This text feature helps me know what words are important in the text.
What is BOLDED words?
The point of view told by a character in the story.
What is first person?
The author's purpose of a non-fiction text can never be to_____________.
What is entertain?
A group of words, they go from the left to the right and may or may not have punctuation at the end.
What is a line?
Author's use this to let the reader know what the main idea of the paragraph will be.
What is topic sentece?
These are things you know about the characters based on their actions, thoughts, and words.
What are character traits?
The 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?
Poetry that does not rhyme.
What is free verse?
On a map, this text feature shows you the directions of north, west, east, and south.
What is the compass rose?
Authors sometimes includes this message or lesson in their stories.
What is a theme?
The author's purpose for writing fiction.
What is to entertain?
True or False. Poetry can tell a story. Explain why!
What is true? A poem can be narrative because it has the 5 things: plot, character, conflict, theme, setting...yes, these are the five things.
Sometimes authors use graphic organizers to give the reader additional information or to help them understand something better. What are at least 2 examples of these?
graphs, charts, webs, tables, diagrams, maps
The point of view when he, she, it, or they is primarily used?
What is third person?
This is the author's purpose of a newspaper article about the dangers of playing video games all day is _______________.
What is to inform?
When a line of a poem ends without punctuation and another starts on the next line.
What is a line break?
What is a glossary?