The narrator is a character in the story. The words I and we are used.
What is first-person?
100
Tells the director, set designers, and actors what the stage should look like.
What is setting?
100
What the passage is mostly about.
What is the main idea?
100
Showing how things are alike and different.
What is compare and contrast?
100
An online page of information that can be published by almost anyone.
What is web site?
200
The narrator tells the story without actually being in it. The story uses words such as he, she, it, and they.
What is third-person?
200
The words the actors speak.
What is dialogue?
200
Information that strengthens or backs up the main idea.
What is supporting details?
200
A problem is presented and then the writer tells how the problem is solved.
What is problem and solution?
200
An online or print collection of short articles about many topics, organized in alphabetical order by topic.
What is encyclopedia?
300
This point of view is rarely used in fiction.
What is second-person
300
Written in italic print and tell the actors what to do.
What is stage directions?
300
Summarizes what the author has written. States only the main idea and most important details.
What is summary?
300
Why something happens and what happens as a result?
What is cause and effect?
300
An online or print collection of articles about current events, usually published daily or weekly.
What is newspaper?
400
The narrator knows about all of the characters' thoughts and feelings. The narrator is outside of the story, but knows the thoughts and feelings of all the characters.
What is third-person omniscient?
400
Created by stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem.
What is rhythm
400
Historical events that are put into order.
What is chronological order?
400
Order or sequence in which events happen. Often used in history texts.
What is chronological order?
400
An online or print collection of maps and geographical information.
What is atlas?
500
The person who tells the story.
What is the narrator?
500
Like a short story or novel, it tells a story.
What is drama?
500
A good way to identify the main idea and supporting details.
What is a diagram?
500
How the writer arranges the information.
What is text structure?
500
An online or print collection of information for a given year.