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Story Elements
Author's Purpose
Poetry
Text Features
Drama or Play
100
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
The author's purpose of a non-fiction text can never be to_____________.
What is entertain?
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 main idea of the paragraph will be.
What is topic sentece?
200
These are the words that tell what the characters should be doing while on stage. These words are usually in (parenthesis).
What is stage directions?
300
These are based on the actions and words of the characters. (ex. greedy, caring, humble, etc.)
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?
300
The set pattern of rhyme that is followed by the poem.
What is rhyme scheme?
300
These words are located near a photograph to explain what is in the photo.
What is a caption
300
This gives details about the time and place that the story took place.
What is the setting?
400
Authors sometimes includes this  message or lesson in their stories.
What is a theme?
400
If the title of the text is "The Cons of Using Plastic Water Bottles", what is most likely the author's point of view on the use of water bottles?


Explain your answer

Water bottles are harmful and should not be used. Because the title says "cons"
400
The moon hung in the sky like a pearl on a necklace.


What type of figurative language is used in this example?

What is simile
400
Sometimes authors use graphs or charts to give the reader additional information or to help them understand something better. 


How are graphs and charts helpful?

What is that they organize data and information in a way that is easy to see.
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 too much sun exposure is _______________.
What is to inform the reader to protect themselves from the sun.
500
The spider so cunningly clung to her curious prey and enjoyed the snack.


What type of figurative language is being used?

What is alliteration
500
These are three different types of text structures.
What is cause and effect, compare and contrast, and sequence, description, problem and solution?
500
The person who carries the story along.
What is the narrator?