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Story Elements
Author's Purpose
Poetry
Text Features/Structures
Main Idea
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 explain, descibe, _________, or ________.
What is to pursuade or inform?
100
A group of lines in poetry, similar to a paragraph.
What is a stanza?
100

Writers organize information 3 different ways.

What is cause and effect, compare and contrast, and sequence?

100

The central topic of a text

What is main idea?

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 sentence?

200

In an essay, another word for the main idea. 

What thesis sentence? 

300
These are based on the actions and words of the characters.
What are character traits?
300
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 pursuade?
300
Poetry that does not rhyme.
What is free verse?
300

These are the words under pictures included in texts. 

What are captions?

300

The rest of the information in a text besides the main idea. 

What are the supporting details?

400
Authors sometimes includes this hidden 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.
What is true?
400

Sometimes authors use visual elements to help readers understand the text better. Give three examples. 

What are pictures, graphs, charts, diagrams, illustrations, cartoons, etc? 

400

Main Idea: Coconuts have many uses. 

Supporting Detail: You can chop coconut shells and mix them into garden soil to help plants grow. 

True or False

What is true?

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

Provide two signal words for 3 out of 5 text structures. 

There should be a total of 6 or more words. 

In addition, also, such as, for example, for instance, 

because, led to, resulted in, effect, therefore, since, as a result, caused, due to, thus, so 

more and most

after, before, next, then, later, finally, first, second, last 

resolution, solved, problem, consequence 



500

What is the difference between finding the main idea and making an inference? 

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