Story Elements
Where and when the story takes place
Setting
The word 'article' or 'selection' in a question means the...
Story
a group of lines (a paragraph for poems)
Stanza
the person that tells the story.
Narrator
the perspective from which the story is told (ex: 1st person, 3rd person)
Point of View
Events of the story put in order
Sequence of Events
the other words in the sentence or passage to help determine the meaning of an unknown word.
the use of words with similar end sounds
Rhyme
the words that are spoken by the actors.
Dialogue
when we find the similarities between people we
compare
The reason the Author writes the story
Authors Purpose
Words that have the same meaning
Synonym (large, big)
The use of words that begin with the same letter sound. (ex. Silly Sally said stop)
Alliteration
a play. It is meant to be performed on stage for an audience.
Drama
What are the 3 Authors Purposes?
Inform, persuade, entertain
The message or lesson learned from the story
Theme
Another word for Conflict is
problem
the use of words that sound like the word they describe (ex. boom, buzz)
Onomatopoeia
The different settings and set of characters in a drama
Scenes
A story written to try to convince you to buy less plastic is informing, persuading, or entertaining?
Persuading
The most important information from the story: What the story mostly talks about is...
a shortened version of the text that only uses key details
Summary
comparing two things using like or as
Simile
give directions to the actors how to act on stage. They are usually placed in parentheses and/or in italics.
Stage Directions
An article about Tigers in the Sahara desert is informing, persuading, or entertaining?
Informing