Vocabulary
The reason an author writes a selection.
What is author's purpose?
An organization pattern an author uses to put events in order.
What is sequencing?
The element that is introduced at the beginning of a story.
What is setting?
When an author writes to make the reader laugh.
What is entertain?
When a character overcomes struggles.
What is persevere?
What a reading selection is mostly about.
What is main idea?
An organizational pattern an author uses to give information about the past.
What is chronological order?
Events that lead to the climax.
What is rising action?
When the author writes to try to get you to do something or think a certain way.
What is persuade?
When a character feels it is more important to share.
What is greed?
Three simple sentences to tell about the beginning, middle and end.
What is summary?
The organizational pattern used to discuss two topics.
What is compare and contrast?
What is resolution?
When the author writes to give you facts.
What is inform?
A moral, message or lesson in a story.
What is theme?
To write in your own words without changing the meaning.
What is paraphrasing?
The organizational pattern used to describe how events are related.
What is cause and effect?
This is when the problem in the story is revealed.
What is climax?
When the author writes to give the reader details about a topic.
What is explain?
When characters take care of others property.
What is respect?
The perspective of the narrator.
What is point of view?
The organizational pattern that gives the reader information.
What is describe?
The events that lead to the ending of the story.
What is resolution?
When the author writes to help the reader visualize information about a topic.
What is describe?
When a character shows strength in times of fear.
What is courage?