Story Elements
A description of time and place found in fiction writing.
What is setting?
The author's purpose for writing non-fiction could be to persuade, inform, or _____________.
What is entertain?
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 by making them darker than the other words on the page.
What is BOLDED words?
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 a section of a nonfiction text will be.
What is a subheading?
A description of a character based on his/her thoughts and/or actions.
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 pursuade?
Poetry that does not rhyme.
What is free verse?
Describes or explains a photograph or illustration.
What is a caption?
The author's hidden message or the lesson in the story.
What is a theme?
The author's purpose for writing fiction.
What is to entertain?
True or False. Poetry can tell a story.
What is true?
Shows the location of events taking place in the text.
What is a map?
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 poet uses a type of descriptive language where the meaning of the phrase is not to be taken literally. An example might be a simile or metaphor.
What is figurative language?
A drawing that shows the parts of something or how the parts work together.
What is a diagram?
When the setting changes, the ________ will change.
What is the scene?