Fiction
the specific location, time, time period, date, or weather in which the story takes place
setting
Biographies, autobiographies, and informational text are the subgenres. Name two of the informational subgenres.
Essays, blogs, speeches, editorials, magazines, newspapers, articles, textbooks, cookbooks
What does the reader feel?
What are the emotions called that the speaker uses?
Mood/Tone
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. Name two.
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
Sound Devices are used to reinforce meaning in a poem. Some include alliteration and consonance. Name two more.
Internal rhyme, rhyme scheme, onomatopoeia, rhythm
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
What are these types of features called? Photographs, diagrams, maps, charts, graphs, timelines, tables, illustrations.
Graphic Features
Figurative language is words layered with meaning and does not mean what it says. Some examples are cliche-an overly used phrase and metaphor-a comparison of two things but NOT using like or as.
Name three more.
Onomatopoeia, simile, hyperbole, personification, alliteration, idiom, and adage
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
Name four subgenres.
Realistic, historical, mystery, adventure, horror, science, fantasy, fable, fairytale
What are these types of features called? Headings, captions, special type, italics, highlights.
Text Features
Words that appeal to any of the five senses.
Sensory language
something said by a character meant only for the audience to hear
aside
What the text is mostly about.
Where do you find it in the passage?
Where do you find it in a paragraph?
Main idea
The first and last paragraphs
In the first sentence
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