Story Elements
Fact & Opinion
Reading Terms
Vocabulary
Synonyms and Antonyms
100
A person or animal in the story, play , or literary work.
What is a character?
100
Reading is hard.
What is OPINION?
100
Getting information from other words in the story to determine a word's meaning.
What are context clues?
100
sale |sāl| noun 1 the exchange of a commodity for money; the action of selling something : we withdrew it from sale | the sale has fallen through. • ( sales) a quantity or amount sold : price cuts failed to boost sales. • ( sales) the activity or business of selling products : director of sales and marketing. 2 an event for the rapid disposal of goods at reduced prices for a period, esp. at the end of a season : a clearance sale. • [often with adj. ] a public or charitable event at which goods are sold. • a public auction. I went to the sale because the dress I wanted was on sale. How is sale used in the sentence?
What is DEFINITION 2?
100
A word that means the same or has ___________ meaning is called a synonym.
What is similar?
200
Events that occur in the story
What is plot?
200
My mom's garden has red, pink, and white roses.
What is FACT?
200
The goalkeeper was a rock!
What is a metaphor?
200
The cat was obscured and we were not sure what it was doing. Obscured means - jumped - hidden - tall - anxious
What is hidden?
200
Words that have opposite meanings.
What are antonyms?
300
The castle sat in a moat surrounded by murky water. This sentence depicts the ___________ of the story.
What is setting?
300
Abraham Lincoln was the best president of the United States of America. What word makes this statement an opionion?
What is BEST?
300
A story that is not true or made up.
What is fiction?
300
catch |ka ch; ke ch | verb ( past caught |kôt|) [ trans. ] 1 intercept and hold (something that has been thrown, propelled, or 2 capture (a person or animal that tries or would try to escape) I had to catch the ball in order for the person to be out. Which definition should match the sentence?
What is DEFINITION 1
300
Synonym for brave.
What is courageous? (answers could vary)
400
This story element can be either internal, external or both, (for example man to self).
What is CONFLICT?
400
Mesquite Texas is a city in Texas. It's population is over 20,000 people.
What is FACT?
400
He was as COOL as a fan.
What is figurative language or (simile)?
400
legislation:Right::Liberty:
What is Freedom?
400
Antonym for puny.
What is strong?
500
Overall emotion created by the work of literature
What is MOOD?
500
A fact is something that can be ________________
What is PROVEN?
500
Venn Diagrams, T-Charts, Semantic Maps are all types of what?
What are graphic organizers?
500
What resource do you use to help you define words that you do not know?
What is a dictionary?
500
salt : pepper :: sun :_________
What is moon?
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