Story Power
The main person or animal in a story is the main?
Main Character
Prefix
A word part added to the beginning.
Words that help you find a word's meaning
Context Clues
Compares two things using like or as.
Simile
Clash
It tells what happens in a story.
Plot – What happens in a story.
Suffix
A word part added to the ending of a word.
When the author wants to tell you something without saying it
Inference
Says one thing is another.
Metaphor
Predictable
Easy to guess what will happen.
Define setting in a story
Setting: Where and when a story takes place.
Base Word
The main word that can stand alone. he word helpful comes from the base word help, which means “to give aid.”
Monitor
To check or watch closely
Idiom
A phrase that means something different from the words used.
Emergency
A sudden serious situation.
Theme of a story
Theme: The big idea or message.
Able to speak two languages
Bilingual
Clarify
To make something clear
Example of Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia – Words that sound like their
Brainstorm
To think of many ideas.
The lesson the story teaches.
Things that don’t go together.
Mismatched
Reread
Read again to understand better
Figurative Language
Words that mean more than what they say.
Research
To find out something more about something.