Story Elements
When and where a story takes place.
What is setting?
Creative exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
Text structure describing an event that happened and the events that followed
What is cause and effect?
The author's purpose for writing a recipe
What is to inform?
"I walked to the store, feeling the weight of my backpack on my shoulders."
What is 1st Person POV?
The people or animals that have a role to play in a story
What are characters?
What is simile?
Text structure that presents a problem, and suggests ways in which the problem could be solved
The author's purpose for creating a magazine advertisement?
What is to persuade?
"'What's taking so long?' she thought."
What is 3rd Person POV?
The hidden universal message the author is trying to convey
Representing a non-human thing with human-like traits
What is personification?
Text structure that focuses on describing a main topic
What is description?
The author's purpose for writing a novel about a boy with magic powers
What is to entertain?
"I felt a sense of dread as I approached the door."
What is 1st Person POV?
What is tone?
Very descriptive language, usually describing one of the 5 senses
What is imagery?
Text structure that examines the similarities and differences between two topics
What is compare and contrast?
The author's purpose for writing a news article about an upcoming snowstorm
What is to inform?
"He walked into the room, and the smell of old books filled his nostrils."
What is 3rd Person POV?
The feeling a text evokes in a reader
What is mood?
A series of words that start with the same sound
What is alliteration?
The events or steps of a task or event in the order they occur
What is sequential?
The author's purpose of a statement written by a presidential candidate explaining their policies and what they can do for voters
What is to persuade?
"You feel the cold wind biting at your cheeks as you step out of the building"
What is 2nd Person POV?