Literary Elements
This literary element refers to where and when a story takes place.
What is setting?
This strategy helps students answer questions by Restating, Answering, Citing evidence, and Explaining.
What is the R.A.C.E. strategy?
This reading skill requires readers to combine clues from the text with their own thinking.
What is making an inference?
The quote “Hard work never goes to waste” most clearly supports this theme.
What is effort and perseverance matter?
This reading strategy involves marking key details, questions, and important ideas while reading.
What is annotating?
When an author describes sights, sounds, or feelings to help readers picture a scene, they are using this literary element.
What is imagery?
When answering reading questions, students should support their answers using this from the text.
What is text evidence?
If a character’s heart begins to pound and they hesitate to move forward, readers can infer this feeling.
What is fear or nervousness?
The mood of a passage with dark clouds, thunder, and uncertainty might best be described as this.
What is tense or uncertain?
Highlighting details about a storm growing stronger would help a reader track this.
What is tension or conflict?
The struggle between opposing forces in a story is known as this literary element.
What is conflict?
This sentence from the passage best shows Marcus is worried:
“What if the fair gets canceled?”
What is evidence that Marcus is worried?
When a character spends hours building a careful project, readers can infer this about them.
What is they are hardworking or dedicated?
A story that shows characters overcoming challenges to succeed often develops this theme.
What is perseverance?
Writing notes in the margin to explain what a character is feeling is an example of this annotation skill.
What is analyzing character?
The overall message or lesson the reader learns from a story is called this.
What is theme?
A student highlights details about thunder, wind, and rain while reading. This helps them track this developing part of the story.
What is rising tension?
Readers infer information when the author does not state something directly but provides these.
What are context clues?
The emotional atmosphere created by the author is called this.
What is mood?
Circling unfamiliar vocabulary while reading helps readers do this.
What is monitor comprehension?
The emotional feeling created for the reader through descriptions and events in the story is known as this.
What is mood?
When a reader selects the strongest line that proves their answer, they are doing this skill.
What is citing evidence?
If a character wants to turn back but also wants to stay and investigate, readers can infer the character feels this
What is conflicted?
If a story teaches readers the importance of education and determination, this is the story’s _____.
What is theme?
The most important sentences to annotate are those that show this in a passage.
What is the main idea or conflict?