Story Elements
Text Organization
Author's Toolbox
Genre
Test-Taking Strategies
100
where and when the story takes place
What is setting?
100
The order of events in a story
What is sequence order?
100
What someone thinks, feels, or believes. Cannot be proven.
What is opinion?
100
This type of story contains information that COULD NOT really happen
What is fantasy?
100
This is what you should do the MORNING OF the test
What is eat a good breakfast?
200
A recap of a story with beginning, middle, and end with no details
What is summary?
200
what happens in a story and what caused it to happen.
What is cause and effect (problem and resolution)?
200
something you can check and prove
What is fact?
200
This type of writing explains the processes or events in order to make or do something
What is how-to?
200
This is how many times you should read the passage or article.
What is twice?
300
what a passage or paragraph is MOSTLY about
What is main idea?
300
type of text that tells how things are alike and different. Often shown by a Venn diagram or Double Bubble Map
What is compare and contrast?
300
what you think a story is about BEFORE you read it.
What is predict?
300
When the author makes up a story that did not really happen.
What is fiction?
300
underline the facts or examples from the text that support an answer choice
What is PROVE IT?
400
Charts, maps, pictures or captions in a story that help you understand the story.
What are graphic sources?
400
sentences in a paragraph that support the main idea
What are supporting details?
400
this is what you do when you decide what will happen next based on clues or information that you read in a story plus your own prior knowledge
What is draw conclusions?
400
When the story is based on facts and gives true information.
What is nonfiction?
400
What you should do the NIGHT before a major test
What is go to bed early/get a good night's sleep?
500
the end of the story when the problem gets solved.
What is solution/conclusion?
500
describe how the character acts and what the character does in a story
What are character traits?
500
the overall meaning or lesson about life that you learn from the story
What is theme?
500
"Once upon a time" begins this type of story.
What is fairy tale?
500
This is what you do to an answer choice that does not make sense.
What is ELIMINATE?
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