Literary Elements
When the author sends the reader a message
What is a Theme
This author who wrote Home of the Brave, and The One and Only Ivan is...
Who is Katherine Applegate
Weather over a period of time is called...
What is climate
This story was about a young boy who went to many extremes to wear sneakers to fit in...
What is Those Shoes
Valleys, mountains, plains plataues are known as
What is landforms
A metaphor, simile, personification, or hyperbole is called...
What is figurative language
This author wrote many short stories ("Shells", "Stray", "Boar Out There")
Who is Cynthia Rylant
A flat area of land used for farming...
Plains
This story was about a boy that learned a lesson from stealing...
What is "Thank You, Ma'am"
The Eastern Woodland Indians lived in two different types of houses called...
What is longhouses and wigwams
What is it called when you explain what the text is mostly about?
What is the main idea/central idea
Which author wrote The Tiger Rising?
Who is Kate Dicamillo
A barrier that prevents someone from accomplishing their goal...
What is obstacle
This story was about a young girl who mixed a different color fruit.
What is One Green Apple
The two different types of Plains Indians: one lived a certain way to hunt, and the other lived to farm
What is sedentary and nomadic Indians
Fiction, nonfiction, biography, and fantasy are known as different...
Genres
This author wrote "Each Kindness" and "The Other Side"
Who is Jacqueline Woodson
A machine or tool that works well...
What is function
This story taught us about the Preamble to the Constitution, which helped us to create our classroom constitution...
What is We the Kids
For the Plains Indians, which animal was (life) extremely significant for survival.
What is buffalo
The clues that the author gives you that we see later in the story are called...
foreshadowing
The author who wrote books based on stories from Russia is...
Who is Patricia Pollaco
People that work together or share ideas to accomplish something is called
What is collaborating
This story taught us about friendship from a pair of sandals...
What is Four feet Two Sandals
This person who was responsible for healing and communicate with the spirit world.
Who is a Shaman