Plot Elements
The main events of a story, devised and written by the author to show the characters, conflict, theme and setting.
What is plot?
A division of two or more lines in a poem; a "paragraph" in a poem.
What is stanza?
When the author hints at what will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
When an author writes for someone to enjoy it.
What is to entertain?
The first box in your quadrants
What is the question type?
The most exciting part of the story; what everything builds up to.
What is the climax?
The person who is talking in the poem
Who is the speaker?
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is spoken of as it had human feelings, thoughts or attitudes.
What is personification?
When an author tries to convince the reader to believe in something.
What is to persuade?
The second box in your quadrant
What are the key words?
The problem or struggle in the story.
What is conflict?
An exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally.
What is hyperbole?
The use of words whose sounds imitate or suggest their meaning.
What is onomatopoeia?
When an author wants you to know something or teach you about something.
What is to inform?
The third box in your quadrants
What is putting the question into your own words?
End of the story.
What is the resolution?
How the literature makes the reader feel?
What is mood?
A comparison between things that spans throughout multiple lines or an entire poem
What is an extended metaphor?
Joe had been fishing for over two hours without a single bite. Suddenly there was a nibble at the end of his fishing line. He stood up on the boat and leaned out too far. Just then there was a sharp yank on the line. Joe fell overboard and landed head first into the water. Joe and his friends laughed and laughed. The author's purpose is to?
What is to entertain?
The final box in your quadrants
What are inferences and evidence?
Beginning of the story where characters and setting are introduced.
What is the exposition?
The most common form of figurative language in a poem
An object that represents more than what it is
What is a symbol?
The giant panda is a bearlike animal that has thick white fur with black markings on its ears, limbs, shoulders, and around its eyes. The giant panda feeds on bamboo forests at high altitudes in western China. It also eats bulbs, roots, eggs, and some small mammals. The cubs are born in late winter. The giant panda is an endangered species and is protected by the Chinese government. Purpose?
What is to inform?
The most common question type in your Reading STAAR
What is an inference?