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

Fiction always includes this description of time and place.

setting

100

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

persuade or inform

100
A group of lines in poetry, similar to a paragraph.
stanza
100
This text feature helps me know what words are important in the text.
BOLDED words
100
The name for the group of people in a play.
cast
200
The point of view told by someone in the story.
first person
200
The author's purpose of a non-fiction text can never be to_____________.
entertain
200
A group of words that go from the left to the right and may or may not have punctuation at the end.
a line
200

Information under a photograph that tells more information about the picture

caption

200

These are the words that tell what the characters should be doing while on stage. These words are usually in (parenthesis).

stage directions

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

The author's purpose for expressing feelings, emotions, or ideas

express

300
Poetry that does not rhyme.
free verse
300

Shows the parts of an object.

diagram

300

This gives details about the time and place that the story took place.

setting

400

Authors sometimes include this hidden message, idea or lesson in their stories.

theme

400
The author's purpose for writing fiction.
entertain
400
True or False. Poetry can tell a story.
true
400

Additional information that you can find in a text box in a passage or article

Text box

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

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

inform

500

A poem that can make you laugh and can be silly.

Humorous poem

500
Name three ways authors organize information.
cause and effect, compare and contrast, and sequence
500
The person who carries the story along.
narrator