STORY ELEMENTS
WHAT IS A CHARACTER?
A person, animal, or creature in a story.
What is a title?
The name of a book or story.
What is predicting?
Guessing what will happen next in a story.
What is a setting?
The time and place where a story happens.
What is a table of contents?
A list that tells what is inside a book.
What is summarizing?
Telling the short version of a story.
What is the main idea?
The most important thing the story is about.
What is a heading?
A title that tells what a section is about.
What is visualizing?
Making a picture in your mind while reading.
What is a problem in a story?
Something that goes wrong or needs to be fixed.
What is a caption?
Words under a picture that explain what it shows.
What is questioning?
Asking questions while reading to understand better.
What is a solution in a story?
How the problem in a story is fixed.
What is an index?
A list of topics in a book with page numbers.
What is making connections?
Thinking about how a book is like your life or another story.