the specific location, time, time period, date, or weather in which the story takes place
setting
Name a text structure not named in the previous question
Cause/Effect Compare Contrast/ Chronological/ Description
The feeling the author wants you to have while reading
Mood
Part of an act which is set in a different time or a different place. If this does not change, then the setting does not change.
Scene
The reason the author writes
Author's Purpose
the biggest problem of the story
conflict
The author organizes or builds his writing with text structure. Name two of these organizational patterns.
Cause/Effect, Compare/Contrast, Sequential or Chronological Order, Description, Problem/Solution
What are you tryna to uncover in a poem?
The message
The written instructions, usually in italics, that tell the actors what to do and the tone of voice to use.
Stage directions
the perspective from which a piece of text is written
Name them all.
point of view
1st, 2nd, 3rd limited, 3rd objective, 3rd omniscient
the message, moral, or lesson in a story
theme
Main idea of each para/section
Figurative language is words layered with meaning and does not mean what it says.
Name three.
Metaphor, simile, hyperbole, personification,
the words two or more characters say to each other
dialogue
Using words around an unknown word to find hints of what the word might mean. These can be found in definitions, synonyms, antonyms, inferences, examples, prefixes, suffixes, root words, and helping words.
Context clues
What do you look for when selecting the BEST summary
BME
What are these types of features called? Headings, captions, diagrams, maps, pictures.
Text Features
What's the first thing you do after reading the TITLE of a poem?
Make a prediction
objects or items used on stage by the characters
props
What the text is mostly about.
Main idea
the sequence of events in the story which includes the rising action, the climax, and the falling action
Plot
You can locate these by looking at dates, numbers, names, or places. They are statements that are based on truth and can be proven.
Facts
The use of a vivid description to create a picture in the reader's mind.
Imagery
Elements that are included are the same as those in fiction. Theme is one example. Name two more.
Plot and conflict
taking what you know (schema) and what you have read (text evidence)
Inference