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LITERARY ELEMENTS
MAKING INFERENCES
FACT vs. OPINION
AUTHOR'S PURPOSE
GRAPHIC FEATURES
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The time and place where the action occurs in the story.
What is SETTING?
100
An intelligent or educated guess.
What is INFERENCE?
100
A true statement. It can be proven.
What is a FACT?
100
The reason the author writes the story.
What is AUTHOR'S PURPOSE?
100
This graph shows how similar things compare.
What is a BAR GRAPH?
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People or animals that play a role in the story
What is CHARACTER?
200
What the reader already knows which helps him connect to what he is reading.
What is BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE?
200
It tells what someone thinks. It cannot be proven.
What is an OPINION?
200
The author presents just the facts or presents both sides of an issue.
What is WRITING TO INFORM?
200
A picture that shows you how something is put together or how it works.
What is a DIAGRAM?
300
A struggle between two opposing forces. It can be internal or external.
What is CONFLICT?
300
Clues readers get from the text that he connects to what he already knows.
What is TEXT CLUES/ TEXT DETAILS?
300
Computers are the best invention ever!
What is an EXAMPLE OF AN OPINION?
300
The author convinces the reader to think or believe the sane way he does.
What is WRITING TO PERSUADE?
300
It shows you what happened and when.
What is a TIMELINE?
400
What happens and how it happens in a narrative.
What is PLOT?
400
Adding what you already know to what the author told you in the story.
What is MAKING AN INFERENCE?
400
Maples, oaks and pine are types of trees.
What is an EXAMPLE OF A FACT?
400
The author wants to make the reader laugh, cry, feel suspense or enjoy the writing.
What is WRITING TO ENTERTAIN?
400
Pictures and drawings found in books.
What is an ILLUSTRATION?
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The central message, concern or insight into life expressed thru a literary work.
What is THEME?
500
Inference that we can make from 'The Giggle Prescription"
What is the importance of giggling and laughing?
500
Every year except leap year has 365 days.
What is an EXAMPLE OF A FACT?
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The author wants to share her thoughts and feelings into writing.
What is WRITING TO EXPRESS?
500
It shows how different parts of a whole compare to each other and to the whole group.
What is a CIRCLE GRAPH or PIE GRAPH?