qualities that a character in the story has (example courageous, caring, scared)
What is character traits?
100
Another name for a play or reader's theater.
What is drama?
100
The lesson of the story.
What is theme?
100
Why something happened?
What is cause?
200
To relate or apply to
What is refer?
200
A way of looking at things; attitude.
What is point of view?
200
Used in a play to let the reader know what the actors are doing or what is happening on the set.
What is stage directions?
200
The topic or what something is mostly about.
What is main idea?
200
Explaining what you have read in your own words.
What is paraphase?
300
A picture, graph, table, chart or other visual provided in a story to give additional information.
What is graphic feature?
300
Where and when the story takes place.
What is setting?
300
The script or spoken words in a media presentation.
What is narrated text?
300
To show or predict beforehand.
What is foreshadow?
300
The storyline; what the story is about.
What is plot?
400
How the story is organized.
What is text structure?
400
Based on what you already know, ask what might happen next in the story.
What is predict?
400
The movements, actions or directions happening on screen (computer, TV, etc.)
What is media technique?
400
Having an effect on the actions, opinions, or behaviors of others?
What is influence?
400
Telling how two things are the same.
What is compare?
500
special words or phrases used to describe or compare.
What is figurative language?
500
To make a conclusion based on evidence.
What is inference?
500
***This is not a vocabulary term but you should know it. Another name for a drama, when there are speaking parts by characters and possibly a narrator.
What is reader's theater?
500
Using the facts and details from the story to make decisions about the characters in the story and what they will co.