Elements of Plot
Reading Strategies
Literary
Informational
Figurative Language
100
Learn the setting, meet the main characters, and find out what the story will be about
Exposition
100
What you look for in your passage in order to "prove" your answer?
Text evidence
100

What are the types of Literary selections?

Drama, Poetry, Fictional story.

100

Three Types of Text Structures 

Problem and Solution, Compare and Contrast, Description, Chronological, Cause and Effect 

100
A word that sounds like or means the same thing as its name.
Onomatopoeia
200

When is the conflict introduced?

Rising Action

200
________ _________ helps the reader in determining the meaning of unfamiliar words. These "clues" can be found within, or in the surrounding sentences.
Context clues
200

Speech between characters in a play

Dialogue 

200

Picture with labels

Diagram

200
Jane sat in awe as stars danced across the night sky.
Personification
300
The part of the story that reveals or suggests an outcome
The resolution
300
What is the main difference between first and third POV?
First person: uses "I", "me", "we" Third person: narrator is not involved in the story
300

The instructions that tell the actors what they are supposed to do (ACTION) 

Stage Directions
300

Which type of text structure describes an issue and at least one way to solve it

Problem and Solution 

300
"I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse." Why does the author use this figurative language?
To exaggerate how hungry the person is.
400
The events and complications begin to resolve themselves. The reader knows what has happened next and if the conflict was resolved or not.
The falling action
400

During reading, when you stop and think about what will happen next.

Making an Inference

400

Imagery appeals to the 5 


Senses
400

Name three types of text features

graph, diagram, bold text, italicized text, Index, glossary, caption, subtitle, picture, table of contents

400
John was an ox as he rolled the boulder up the hill
Metaphor
500
What is the climax of the story?
The turning point
500
The lesson or moral of the story
Theme
500

What is the Rhyme Scheme for this poem

Painting on Vellum: not on silk or hide 

Or ordinary Canvas: I suppose 

No painter of the present day has tried 

So many mediums with success, or knows 

As well as I do how the subject grows 

Beneath the hands of genius, that anoint 

With balm. But I have something to disclose

ABABCB

500

Other names for Main Idea

Central Idea, Thesis Statement

500
Write a simile on your board.
A simile uses like or as, so make sure yours does!
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