The part of a story where we discover the setting and meet the characters.
What is the introduction?
100
A story that uses "I, me, or my statments"
What is 1st person Point of View?
100
~ Maybe because I'm skinny, maybe because she doesn't like me, that stupid Felice Garcia says, "It's hers... I think the sweater belongs to Rachel."
What point of view does that illustrate?
What is 1st person point of view?
100
A group of books that share common characteristics.
What is genre?
100
What do we do to the main point in a paragraph?
What is underline it?
200
The end of the story that shows the reader how the main character's problems were resolved.
What is the resolution?
200
A story that uses "he, she, they... his, hers, theirs..." types of statements.
What is 3rd person Point of View?
200
The point of view from the story Stray.
What is 3rd person limited?
200
The elements of a story that show where and when it takes place?
What is the setting?
200
When you find a word you don't know in the text, what should you do?
What is circle it and look up the definition in a dictionary?
300
the most intense moment at the height of all the drama in a story, where the action really "explodes"!
What is the climax?
300
The type of 3rd person point of view where you can only "hear" one character's thoughts and feelings?
What is 3rd Person Limited Point of View?
300
Tell me the climax of the story Stray.
What is when the dad takes the dog to the pound and Doris cries herself to sleep?
300
What genre is the story "Why the Tortoise's Shell Isn't Smooth"?
What is Folktales?
300
We need these two things to make an inference.
What is text evidence & background knowledge?
400
The smaller dramatic moments that build the intensity within a story.
What is the rising action?
400
When a story is told showing two or more character's thoughts and feelings.
What is 3rd person omniscient?
400
What is an example of rising action from the story Why the Tortoise's Shell Isn't Smooth?
What is when the tortoise convinces the birds to let him be the speaker at the feast?
400
Why is the setting important in the story The Stray?
What is because the snow meant they had to keep the dog?
400
Why we mark (+) or (-) next to words or phrases.
What is to take note of the feeling or mood in a text?
500
The moment where the main character first encounters, or discovers, their problem.
What is the turning point?
500
The one exception to remember when looking for clues to determine point of view.
What is the words that are part of dialogue (meaning anything inside of "quotation" marks) don't count as clues?
500
What is the turning point from the story The Tail?
What is when Tasha finds out she has to babysit all summer?
500
The theme of the story The Tail.
What is be careful what you wish for, or, family is important?
500
This delicious-sounding acronym helps us understand the author's purpose, and the letters stand for: