The beginning part of a story, where the main characters and setting are introduced
Exposition
To bring the story to an end by wrapping up all the events and ideas.
Conclude
a text feature that helps identify a place or location
map/graphics
comforting
The most exciting part of a story, where the main conflict reaches its peak. The turning point that often determines how the story will end.
Climax
language that goes beyond the literal meaning of words, using tools like similes, metaphors, and personification to create a vivid or imaginative text
Figurative Language
mood
Where the main problem is established creating tension that leads to the climax.
Rising Action
Hyperbole
When the conflict begins to resolve and the story starts to wind down.
Falling Action
The final part of a story where the conflict is fully resolves and the loose ends are tied up.
Resolution
similar
when two things are not alike or have distinctions
different
headings, captions, bullet points, and illustrations that help explain or organize information in a text
Text Features
the most important point or message in a text or story
The main lesson or central idea that the author wants to communicate through the story or text
primary message
a way of organizing information where one event leads to another event
Cause and Effect Organizational Pattern
Who tells the story or poem and their unique point of view. It influences how information is presented and shapes our understanding of events
Speaker's perspective
The writer ____ the plot by making the events in the story unfold and build up, leading toward the climax and resolution.
develops
A place that is apart, distant, or exists far way is ______.
Remote
A statement or central idea that a writer presents in an essay, expressing the main argument or position
A person's _____ is the way they feel or think about something, shown through their actions, words, or behavior
Attitude
engage
A ________ is an event that delays your progress or reverses the progress that had been made
setback
To ____ is to make an educated guess or draw a conclusion based on clues or evidence from the text
infer