Story elements
Authors purpose
Text features
Text structure
Plays/Poem
100

When and where the story takes place

Setting

100

When the author is giving you information about a topic

inform

100

tells what the following paragraph will be about

heading

100

tells in time order; signal words include: first; second; third

chronological order

100

similar to a sentence but in a poem

line

200

The problem in the story

conflict

200
When an author is telling you a funny story

entertain

200

what shows where places and features are located

map

200

describes how two ideas are the same and different; signal words include : like; unlike


compare and contrast

200

similar to a paragraph but in a poem

stanza

300

finding a solution to the problem

resolution

300

When the author is trying to convince you of something

persuade

300

labels pictures and photographs with names and parts

diagram

300

tells about the result of something caused by something else

cause and effect

300

tells what the characters in a play should be doing, usually in parenthesis 

stage directions

400

What a piece of writing is mainly about

Main idea

400
The purpose of non-fiction is usually never which purpose?

entertain

400

words around the photograph that describe what the picture is

caption

400

describes and issue and how it gets solved

problem and solution

400

True or false: a poem can tell a story.

true

500

The message of a writing piece

theme

500

the 3 main authors purpose is ______, ______, and ______

persuade, inform, entertain

500

a list of words in ABC order with the definitions

glossary

500

structure that is describing something

description

500

a story written to be performed by actors, a play

drama

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