Genre
Story Elements Plus
Academic Vocabulary
Text Features
Context Clues
100
Characters act like real people, problem, solution, real setting
What is realistic fiction
100
Where and when the story takes place
What is setting
100
Where and when the story takes place
What is the setting
100
taken by a camera ;helps the reader see what the paragraph is talking about
What is a photograph
100
I little brother is such a nuisance because he messes with my XBOX and won't leave my room when I have company.
What is annoying; bothersome
200
Performed on stage, actors, dialogue, stage directions
What is drama
200
the main issue or struggle the main character is up against
What is the problem
200
the clues that good readers use to find the meaning of unknown words
What are context clues
200
tells what the paragraph will be about
What is a subtitle
200
I felt weary after I stayed up all night studying
What is tired;exhausted
300
Gives information on a particular topic, text features, captions, maps, photographs, subtitles
What is expository
300
the way the characters solve the problem
What is solution
300
What the story or paragraph is mostly about
What is the main idea
300
tells you where something is located
What is a map
300
May I come over to swim to cool off? I was sweltering without air-conditioning
What is hot
400
Expresses a feeling, may or may not rhyme, stanza, lines
What is peotry
400
The lesson or message learned in the story
What is theme
400
When the authors don't tell you everything about the characters of events and the readers have to use the story clues and background knowledge
What is an inference
400
small text near the picture
What is a caption
400
Did you get your parent's consent to go on the field trip Friday?
What is permission
500
told by a character in the story key words: I, me, we
What is first person
500
helps you understand the order things happen
What is a timeline
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