Story Elements
This is when/where the story takes place.
The setting
What type of figurative language uses extreme exaggeration?
Hyperbole
True or False: You should complete the EOG as fast as possible.
False
The message, lesson, or moral that the author wants you to take away from the story.
Theme
A text or story that gives real facts and information.
Nonfiction or Informational Text
The order that things happen in a story
sequence of events
What type of figurative language uses the words "like" or "as" to compare two things?
Similie
True or False: You should highlight the passage to better understand it.
True
What are the author's purposes for writing a story or poem?
examples: describe, entertain, persuade, give information
A text or story that uses made up information or ideas.
Fiction or Literature
The series of events in a story from beginning to end.
The plot.
A group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph.
A stanza
True or False: You should strike out answers you know don't belong.
True
Give 3 examples of text features
Bold print/vocabulary terms, glossary, pictures, captions, headings, graphs/tables/diagrams, bullet points, etc.
A type of text or story that is passed down through generations and always gives a lesson. It normally seems like things that would not happen in real life.
Folktales/Fables
Words that have opposite meanings are called?
Antonyms
What is this sentence an example of?
Billy baked brownies for Becky.
Alliteration
True or False: You should NEVER use scratch paper.
False
This is what the story is mostly about?
Main Idea
A type of story that could be real but did not actually happen.
Realistic Fiction
Words that have the same or similar meaning are called?
Synonyms
What is it called when the author gives human-like characteristics to non-living things?
True or false:
You can get up and out of your seat whenever you want during testing.
False! You must raise your hand to ask for paper, tissue, a bathroom break, etc.
What is text structure?
Ex: cause/effect, chronological
The way a text is organized
What should you do to figure out what a word means in a text?
Use context clues! Look for hints around the word.