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 parts of the story when there is a word you don't know is called _____________.
What is context clues?
100
What is foreshadowing?
When hints or clues are given about something that will happen later in a story.
100
A word the 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
What pre-reading strategy do we use on the TAKS?
What is FIRE.
200
The cat dashed out of sight and I was unable to catch it.: Dashed means - jumped - ran quickly - fell - attacked
What is ran quickly
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
When you compare 2 things with out using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
300
Synonym for brave
What is courageous (answers could vary)
400
This story element can be either internal, external or both
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
When coming to a vocabulary in your text you should do what?
What is circle or highlight, underline the sentence, and reread for understanding and write your personal definition? Use context clues!!!
400
Antonymn for weak
What is strong?
500
Overall emotion created by the work of literature
What is MOOD or tone
500
A fact is something that can be ________________
What is PROVEN
500
Venn Diagrams, T-Charts, Semantic Maps are all types of
What are graphic organizers?
500
What resource do you use to help you define words that you do not know?
What is dictionary
500
salt : pepper :: sun :_________ (ANALOGY)
What is moon?
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