Elements of a Story
What comes first, the resolution or the exposition?
What is a synonym?
A word that means the same thing as another word.
What is a contraction and how do you make a contraction?
A contraction is when you combine two words. You combine them with an apostrophe.
What is a prediction?
A guess about what will happen next.
What is TIEA used in?
Writing
In which part of the plot are the characters, setting, and problem introduced?
Exposition
What is an antonym?
A word that means the opposite thing of another word.
What are the two words in this contraction? Shouldn't
Should not
Why do we make predictions as readers?
Good readers make predictions, or guesses that make sense , about what will happen next in a text
What does TIEA stand for?
Topic sentence
Introduce evidence
Evidence
Analysis/ Conclusion
What are the 4 elements of a story?
Characters, setting, plot, and theme
Name two synonyms for the word Tired
sleepy, exhausted, drowsy, weary
What is a possessive noun?
Shows that a noun owns something
Do you always have to have correct predictions?
No
If we use a certain page in a book to prove a point, which part of the TIEA will that belong in?
Evidence
Name all the 5 elements of a story in order
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
Name two antonyms for the word evil
What is the possessive noun in this sentence?
Mary's mother said that purse was not hers
Mary's mother
What helps you make predictions?
Clues
If we want to explain our evidence, which part of the TIEA would that be?
Analysis
Using the book we read, "The Animal Bridge," describe its 4 elements of a story
Characters: bear, skunk, moose, rabbit
Setting: forest
Plot: The humans were building a bridge. The animals thought their home was going to be destroyed so they tried to stop them in many ways. At the end, they realized that the humans were actually building a bridge for them.
Theme: Don't judge too fast. Humans are continuously harm animals and their habitats.
Name a synonym and an antonym for the word Powerful
Antonyms: Weak, fragile, delicate
Change this adjective into a noun.
Danger
Dangerous
In the book we read, "Why the Bat Flies Only at Night," we made a prediction about which side the bat would join, the animals on land or the birds of the sky. Which side was it?
Both at first, none at the end.
In the book we read "Hansel and Gretel," what was the evidence we had that the old woman was going to eat the kids?
She tried to fat them up and she wanted to use a pot to boil them.