Genre
Groups of lines, arranged in stanzas, and often end in rhyming words.
Poetry
someone who carries news or a message to someone else.
messenger
word endings with -er or est are called
comparative endings
Every story has these three parts
a beginning, a middle, and an end
a story that has been told for a long time by many people and is considered part of a community's shared folklore.
Traditional Tale
soft leather shoes
moccasins
True of False? The verb in this sentence is in the present tense. Jim raced to the store.
False
The sequenced events in a story are called the ?
plot
Text written to inform or explain a topic and to give facts and details about people, places, events, or ideas
Informational Text
very tired
exhausted
What does it mean when a verb is future tense?
It hasn't happened yet, but it will happen later.
What writing element do you need to do when you answer a question?
Repeat or restate the question in your answer.
A short story that teaches a lesson or moral and often has animals as the characters.
Fable
a feeling of great respect and approval
admiration
What does past tense mean?
It happened before now
What do you call the place and time of a story?
setting
Old stories about great acts of a hero or important events. These stories have been passed along orally, and sometimes they are about real people or events.
Legend
doing something with enthusiasm and energy
plunging
What tense is the verb "jumping?"
Present
Name two reasons an Author may have for writing.
to entertain the reader or to give the reader information