What is the setting of a story?
Where the story takes place
When a narrator uses "I, Me," it is written in this perspective
First Person
This part of the story gives us the setting, characters and sometimes the conflict.
The exposition of a story
To use strong exaggeration
hyperbole
Give one example of a character trait to describe a character in a story
kind, shy, funny, brave, bold, happy, sad, angry
What does it mean to compare and contrast?
To tell how things are the same or different
When the narrator uses "She, He, they" it is written in this perspective
Third Person
Explain the difference between fiction and nonfiction.
Fiction = not real/made up, can be funny.
Nonfiction = topic, factual, provides information, not funny.
Giving human characteristics to something that is not human
personification
Using information in the passage to figure out what is not explicitly stated.
Making an inference/inferencing
The problem of the story
The message or lesson of the story
Theme
What is a verb
an action word
Run, sit, is, are
She is busy as a bee.
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
Simile
To give a short explanation that only includes the most important parts.
Summarize
The point in the story where the conflict is at its highest
climax
What the passage is mainly about
Main Idea
What is a synonym?
a different word that has the same meaning
It is raining cats and dogs.
Idiom
What is an antonym
a word that has the opposite meaning
big/small
outgoing/shy
Name two non-fiction text features
heading, subheading, caption, image, diagram, table of contents
List all the elements in a plot diagram:
Setting
Rising action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
This is the last part of the story that wraps it up.
What is the resolution?
Give two examples of figurative lanaguge
simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, allusion
The main character in a story can also be called the ___
protagonist