Elements of Fiction
An opinion or position on something
What is a claim?
When you cross out wrong answers
What is process of elimination?
When the text is written in an order or timeline format
What is sequence or chronological order?
The perspective that a story is written.
What is point of view?
The reason why an author write a text
What is author's purpose?
Taking small notes, highlighting, or marking up the text.
What is annotating?
The text is written with a conflict or issue that gets resolved.
What is problem & solution?
The big idea of an informational text?
What is the central idea?
The way an author writes such as word choice and sentence structure.
What is a author's craft?
The strategy used for writing 2-point short response questions.
What is "R.A.D.D" or "Restate, Answer, Detail, Detail."
The text explains how or why an event happened.
What is cause & effect?
The 3 parts of any extended response essay.
What are the introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion?
The way a text makes an author feel.
What is mood?
What is one inference and 2 details?
Words used to describe a character based on how they feel, act, say, and think.
What are character traits?
The kinds of comparisons that add layers to the meaning of a piece of writing.
What is Figurative Language?
The 4 criteria/categories that get graded on a 4-point extended response.
What are (1) content/analysis, (2) command of evidence, (3) organization (4) mechanics (grammar/spelling/capitalization)?
The text uses words to help the reader visualize an idea using the five senses.
What is description?
The words that surround an unknown word that can be used to help determine word meaning?
What are context clues?