Story Elements
The main person in a story
What is the main character
An author writes a text to teach facts
What is to inform?
The author uses words that sound the same at the end of lines
What is rhyme?
The author adds words under a picture to explain what it shows
What are captions?
The passage tells a made-up story with characters, setting, and a problem
What is fiction?
The problem the character faces in the story
What is the conflict?
An author writes to convince readers to agree with them
What is to persuade?
The author compares two things using “like” or “as”
What is a simile?
The author organizes information into rows and columns to make it easier to read
What is a table or chart?
The passage gives real facts and information about a topic
What is nonfiction?
The part of the story where the problem is solved
What is the resolution?
An author writes a story mainly for enjoyment
What is to entertain?
The author compares two things without using “like” or “as”
What is a metaphor?
The author includes a diagram to help the reader better understand the information
What is to explain?
The passage includes opinions, reasons, and evidence to convince the reader
What is argumentative text?
How the character changes from the beginning to the end of the story
What is character changes/development?
The author is trying to persuade the reader by using reasons and evidence
What is to explain?
The author gives human actions or feelings to something not human
What is personification?
The author explains steps in order to show how to complete a task
What is procedural text?
The passage includes two texts that are meant to be read together and compared
What are paired passages?
What the story is mostly about, including the message or lesson
What is the theme?
The author is trying to inform the reader by including facts and examples
What is to describe?
The author is helping the reader imagine what is happening in the poem
What is imagery?
The author shows how two topics are alike and different using signal words like “both,” “however,” and “on the other hand”
What is compare and contrast?
The passage uses line breaks, figurative language, and rhythm instead of paragraphs
What is poetry?