Story Elements
A conversation between two or more characters
Dialogue
Something that makes something else happen; what happens as a result
Cause & Effect
Which tense does the verb show?
Colby will borrow Bryce's goggles for the next science lab.
Future Tense
Do you want to play basketball, or would you rather go fishing?
Interrogative Sentence
After recess in the classroom
Fragment
A struggle or problem a character in a story must overcome.
Conflict
a text structure in which an author explains how topics are similar and different.
Compare & Contrast
Which tense does the verb show?
Mr. Mitchell broke his leg skiing!
Past Tense
There is a birthday cake in the garbage can.
Declarative Sentence
Batman is a hero, and he is successful in catching the criminals in his city.
Compound Sentence
The events in a novel, movie, etc.
Plot
a text structure in which an author tells about a topic and its characteristics with details and adjectives.
Description
Which tense does the verb show?
Kailyn smiles because she has Chinese food for lunch!
Present Tense
Today is pay day!
Exclamatory Sentence
Miss Marcus and Miss Westbrook love to play at recess.
Simple Sentence
The time and location in which a literary or dramatic work takes place.
Setting
a text structure in which an author explains a problem and how it was solved.
Problem and Solution
Which tense does the verb show?
Mrs. Lacourse will teach us a new art lesson soon!
Future Tense
Take out the trash please.
Imperative Sentence
A small kitten followed me home, so I gave it a bowl of milk.
Compound Sentence
The most dramatic or intense point of a story, play or movie.
Climax
Gives readers an order of events or a list of steps in a procedure.
Sequence/Chronological Order
Which tense does the verb show?
The entire class was late for recess because of the skunk.
Past Tense
We just finished learning about World War II in Social Studies.
Declarative Sentence
We have to split classes because we have a substitute.
Complex Sentence