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Story Elements
Author's Purpose and Claim
Poetry
Text Features
Drama or Play
100
Fiction always includes this description of time and place.
What is setting?
100

The author's purpose for writing non-fiction could be to explain, describe, _________, or ________.

What is to persuade or inform?

100
A group of lines in poetry, similar to a paragraph.
What is a stanza?
100
This text feature helps me know what words are important in the text.
What is BOLDED words?
100
The name for the group of people in a play.
What is the cast?
200
The point of view told by someone in the story.
What is first person?
200

Sometimes authors will make a statement or declaration.  This is called a ___________.

What is a claim.

200
A group of words, they go from the left to the right and may or may not have punctuation at the end.
What is a line?
200

Author's use this to let the reader know what the central/main idea of the paragraph will be.

What is topic sentece?

200

One of the main divisions of a play.  It may consist of several scenes and can run for brief or long periods of time in a performance.

What is an act?

300
These are based on the actions and words of the characters.
What are character traits?
300

The author's purpose of an advertisement about the best features of an iPad that includes words like you should and best.

What is to persuade or convince?

300
Poetry that does not rhyme.
What is free verse?
300
These words are located at the top of dictionary pages.
What are guide words?
300
This gives details about the time and place that the story took place.
What is the setting?
400
Authors sometimes includes this hidden message or lesson in their stories.
What is a theme?
400

Name the claim. A lot of people, especially young people, go through the day without having breakfast. Many people believe that it is not necessary, or say they don't have time for it, and begin their day with no meal. Everyone should eat breakfast before going to their activities.

What is, "People should (or need) to eat breakfast"?

400
True or False. Poetry can tell a story.
What is true?
400

Sometimes authors use graphs, charts, or webs to give the reader additional information or to help them understand something better. What are these called?

What are graphic organizers?

400
Lines that are spoken between two or more characters.
What is dialogue?
500
The point of view when he, she, it, or they is primarily used?
What is third person?
500

This is the author's purpose of a newspaper article about the dangers of playing video games all day is _______________.

What is to inform?

500
When a line of a poem ends without punctuation and another starts on the next line.
What is a line break?
500

Writers organize information 5 different ways.

What is cause and effect, compare and contrast, description, and chronological order/sequence, problem and solution?

500
The person who carries the story along.
What is the narrator?