We learn setting, meet main characters and find out what the story will be about.
Exposition
A text that is not true. Contains characters, setting conflict or resolution
Literary Fiction and Literary Nonfiction
The lesson that you learn. The moral of a story. A general statement or universal truth.
Theme
Resolution
A text in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm. These are usually written in stanzas.
Poetry
1 or 2 Words. The subject of an expository or informational text.
Topic
The car is as hot as an oven.
The car is hot like an oven.
Simile
The events leading up to the climax
Rising Action
Listing events or explaining steps in order.
Chronological Order/Sequence
You are looking to annotate for characters, setting, conflict and resolution.
Literary Fiction and Literary Non Fiction
What the author wants you to know about the topic.
Controlling Idea
The events and complications begin to resolve themselves. The events after the climax.
Falling Action
Gist Statements, Figurative Language
Poetry
When you go beyond the meaning of the words.
Figurative Language