Literary Elements
The people, animals, or fictional creatures who take part in the action of a story.
What are characters?
We read the ending of stories, where the conflicts are resolved (the problems are solved)
What is a resolution?
Someone who tells the story in a text
What is a narrator?
The first thing students should read on a Reading Benchmark.
What are the questions?
The time and place of the action in a story. The when and where of a story.
What is setting?
Writing the most important parts of a text, in your own words, in a much shorter way
What is a summary?
A story that is told or written, and can be fictional or non-fictional
What is a narrative?
Students should do this to the most important words in the question
What is highlight?
The meaning or moral of the story. The central or underlying message.
What is theme?
The main purpose of a passage. What a piece of writing is mostly about.
What is a central idea/main idea?
A conversation between characters in a written story or play.
What is dialogue?
Students should highlight these when reading the text
What are answers/things that match the question?
The structure of a story. The sequence in which the author arranges events in a story.
What is plot?
Sentences that elaborate and strengthen the main idea.
What are details/supporting details?
The process of rethinking and improving, or fixing, a piece of writing
What is revise/revision/revising?
Students that are stuck on a question should do this before they get frustrated.
What is skip it and come back to it?
A struggle between opposing forces. A problem face by the characters.
What is conflict?
The most basic form of a word that can help students understand the meaning of unknown words.
For example, aqua means water, therefore aquatic relates to water
What are Greek and Latin roots?
Words and phrases that help sequence events or ideas in order
What are transitions?
Before submitting their test, students should do this
What is look back over their test/double check their answers?