Elements Of Fiction
The person/character telling or narrating a story
point-of-view
The subject of what you are reading about.
Topic
The first thing to do when given a reading passage with questions.
Read the questions
First, Second, Therefore, and Last are examples of these.
Transition Words
One way to organize your e-mail.
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The action of a story
plot
Additional information that explains, defines, or proves the main idea.
Supporting Details
The C in R-A-C-E-R stands for this.
Cite
The topic and main point of your essay in one sentence.
Thesis
The difference between main idea and theme.
Main idea is the main point of the story/reading. Theme is the message or lesson learned from the reading.
The turning point or most intense moment of a novel
climax
The main point the author is expressing about the topic.
main idea
The E in R-A-C-E-R stands for this.
Explain
The A in the A-N-T of an introduction stands for this.
Attention Grabber
When you ¨read between the lines¨ beyond what is explicitly stated.
Infer
The universal message, lesson, or moral of a story.
Theme
The difference between topic & main idea.
Topic is the subject of what is being read, and main idea is the main point the author is expressing about the topic.
This is the meat in a quote sandwich
The Quote
When your thesis is written in paragraph order, the first thing listed in the thesis will be this body paragraph.
The First
When the story is told by a narrator who is NOT a character in the story
Third Person Point-Of-View
The main character in a story that drives the plot forward.
protagonist
The difference between explicit main idea and implied main idea.
Explicit main idea is stated in the passage, and implied main idea you have to infer the main idea.
Restate this question in a complete sentence: What are the benefits of owning a dog?
The benefits of owning a dog are....
The first S in the four S’s of a conclusion stands for this.
Signal Word
One example of how Esperanza changed in the novel Esperanza Rising.
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