Story Elements
Reading Skills
Poetry
Text Features
Drama or Play
100
Fiction always includes this description of time and place.
What is setting?
100
Main Idea
Topic: Mia Hamm
Main Idea: Mia Hamm is the greatest female soccer player of all time. /Mia Hamm has had many accomplishments in soccer.
100
A group of lines in poetry, similar to a paragraph.
What is a stanza?
100
This text feature helps me know what words are important in the text.
What is BOLDED words?
100
The name for the group of people in a play.
What is the cast?
200
Name at least 3 things that make REALISTIC FICTION stories special.
-Life-like characters
-Problem and solution
-BME (Sequence)
-Theme/lesson
-Drawings or illustrations
-Life-like settings
200
Character Trait
Cameron is helpful/organized/enthusiastic. My evidence is that Cameron works hard at organizing the classroom to help his teacher.
200
A group of words, they go from the left to the right and may or may not have punctuation at the end. They are also called lines in a poem.
What is a verse?
200
Author's use this to let the reader know what the main idea of the paragraph will be.
What is a heading and/or topic sentece?
200
These are the words that tell what the characters should be doing while on stage. These words are usually in (parenthesis).
What is stage directions?
300
These are based on the actions and words of the characters. Some examples can be brave, strong, friendly, kind, etc.
What are character traits?
300
Theme
The theme is don't lie/tricking people is not a good idea.
My evidence is the little boy tricked the town people too many times. When the little boy really needed help, the townspeople did not come to help him.
300
Poetry that does not rhyme.
What is free verse?
300
Shows the reader the parts of something to help them better understand what is in the text. Includes labels.
What is a diagram?
300
This gives details about the time and place that the story took place.
What is the setting?
400
Authors sometimes includes this hidden message or lesson in their stories.
What is a theme?
400
Think Deep: Let's make some inferences!
I can infer your friend is sick. My evidence is sick people eat chicken noodle soup, use tissues and thermometers.
400
True or False. Poetry can tell a story.
What is true?
400
Author's Purpose Photo
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400
Lines that are spoken between two or more characters.
What is dialogue?
500
1) The point of view told by someone in the story. When I and me is primarily used.
2) The point of view when he, she, it, or they is primarily used.
1) First person
2) Third person
500
Context Clues
The word line means number of persons standing behind the other. My evidence is the line was 8 people long.
500
A tool poets use to compare one thing to another using the words LIKE or AS. For example:
- You were as brave as a lion.
- As light as a feather
Simile
500
Author's Purpose Photo
D
500
The person who carries the story along.
What is the narrator?