Story Elements
Fiction always includes this description of time and place.
What is setting?
The author's pupose for writing non-fiction could be to explain, descibe, _________, or ________.
What is to persuade or inform?
A group of lines in poetry, similar to a paragraph.
What is a stanza?
This text feature helps me know what words are important in the text.
What is BOLDED/italics words?
The name for the group of people in a play.
What is the cast/characters?
The point of view told by someone in the story.
What is first person?
The author's purpose of a non-fiction text can never be to_____________.
What is entertain?
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?
Author's use these sentences to tell more about or prove the main idea.
What are supporting details?
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?
These are based on the actions and words of the characters.
What are character traits?
Tha 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?
Poetry that does not rhyme.
What is free verse?
These words point to parts of a photograph or illustration.
What are labels?
This gives details about the time and place that the drama took place.
What is the setting?
Authors sometimes includes this hidden message or lesson in their stories.
What is a theme?
The author's purpose for writing fiction.
What is to entertain?
True or False. Poetry can tell a story.
What is true?
Sometimes authors use graphs, charts, webs, or diagraphs to give the reader additional information or to help them undstand something better. What are these called?
What are graphic organizers?
Lines that are spoken between two or more characters.
What is dialogue?
The point of view when he, she, it, or they is primarily used?
What is third person?
This is the author's purpose of a newspaper article about the dangers of playing video games all day is _______________.
What is to inform?
A type of poetry that seems song like.
What is a lyrical?
Writers organize information 3 different ways.
What is cause and effect, compare and contrast, and sequence?