Story Elements
What is the setting of the story?
Time and Place
What does the beginning of every sentence need to start with?
A capital letter
What is the author of a poem called?
The poet
What is a simile?
Comparison using like or as
What is a noun?
A person, place, thing, animal, or idea
What is another name for the problem of a story?
What strategy do we use to write an SCR? (name the strategy and what each letter stands for)
R - Restate
A - Answer the question
C - Cite evidence
E - Explain your answer
informational text
Choose the hyperbole.
A.) The kite soared like an eagle.
B.) Bang went the hammer.
C.) The sun shines like a diamond.
D.) I'm drowning in homework.
D.) I'm drowning in homework.
What is a verb?
an action (ex: run, jump, skip, dance, etc.)
How do you know if a story is written in 3rd person Point of view?
he/she/they
What must you do at the beginning of every new paragraph?
Indent
What is the list of characters in a drama called?
cast
What is Alliteration?
Phrase which each word starts with the same letter/sound
What is the adverb in the sentence?
Tom quickly cut the man's hair, so that he could eat his lunch.
Quickly
What is an biography?
A story written about someone's life
What are the different parts of an ECR?
What acronym do we use to remember the different parts in the body paragraphs?
Introduction, two body paragraphs, conclusion
T - Topic Sentence
E - Evidence from the text
A - Add Commentary
L - Link it back
What are the words parenthesis in a drama called?
Example:
LUCIA: [Looking up.] At the bookstore. Why?
stage directions
What is personification?
Giving non-living things humanlike qualities.
Find the adjectives in the sentence.
Sam cut down the three, big trees.
Three and big
Name the different parts of a fictional story (plot mountain)
Introduction - beginning of the story
rising action - main character faces the problem
climax - when the climax reaches the highest point
falling action - the main character solves the problem or conflict
resolution - how the story ends
Name the strategy we use for revising and editing passages. How do you know it is a revising or editing passage?
Revising - ARMS
Editing - CUPS
Revising and editing passages have numbers for each sentence in the passage, the directions say look for revisions or corrections, and the questions are formatted differently.
Why do authors include headings or subtitles in an informational text?
To organize information in an article by similar topics or main ideas
What form of figurative language is the following phrase?
It's raining cats and dogs.
A.) Personification
B.) Idiom
C.) Metaphor
D.) Simile
B.) Idiom
Which of the following sentences has an example of conjunction?
A). Harry went to platform 9 3/4.
B). Ron did not see Harry at platform 9 3/4.
C). Harry went to platform 9 3/4, but Ron did not see him there.
C). Harry went to platform 9 3/4, but Ron did not see him there.