Story Elements
Author's Purpose
Poetry
Text Features
Drama or Play
100

Fiction always includes this description of time and place.

What is setting?

100

The author's pupose for writing non-fiction could be to entertain, _________, 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 a character 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 things you know about the characters based on their actions, thoughts, and words.

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

Poetry that does not rhyme.

What is free verse?

300

On a map, this text feature shows you the directions of north, west, east, and south.

What is the compass rose?

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

The author's purpose for writing fiction.

What is to entertain?

400

True or False. Poetry can tell a story. Explain why!

What is true? A poem can be narrative because it has the 5 things: plot, character, conflict, theme, setting...yes, these are the five things.

400

Sometimes authors use graphic organizers to give the reader additional information or to help them understand something better. What are at least 2 examples of these?

graphs, charts, webs, tables, diagrams, maps

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
Authors add this to a text to explain what unfamiliar words mean.

What is a glossary?

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