Elements of a Story
The lesson or moral of the story
Theme
The term for what the ENTIRE text is about in a sentence or two
Central Idea
This genre is about real things, people, events, and places.
Nonfiction
This is the year that Between Shades of Gray starts
1941
This author wrote Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Macbeth
Where or when a place takes event in a story
The term for what PART of a text is about in a sentence or two
Main Idea
When you take a large section of text and state it in a sentence or two
Summary
The character that is shot in the head before the Lithuanians arrive at the Altai Labor Camp
Ona
This is the fastest running bird on the world
The most intense or exciting part of a story
Climax
The reason why an author writes
Author's Purpose
The term we use for background knowledge about a subject
The book that Andrius gives Lina for her birthday
Dombey and Son
The year the constitution was written
1787
The perspective from which the story is told (not narrator)
Point of View
When you do not know the definition of a word and have to look around the word
Context Clues
The vocabulary an author uses to show how he or she feels about a topic
Tone
This character gave Lina and her family beets in the Altai labor camp
Miss Grybas
X = 2
The problem of a story which the characters face
Conflict
The feeling the author wants the reader to get
Mood
A sign or warning about what is about to happen next
Foreshadow
The name of the man who wound his watch
Alexander Lukas
This is the year the the United States landed on the moon
A. 1945
B. 1955
C. 1969
D. 1977
1969