Story Elements
1. What is Setting?
2. Provide an example
Where the story takes place
What is a metaphor?
Metaphor: compares 2 unlike things WITHOUT using like or as
Roses are red,
Violets are blue.
Sugar is sweet,
and so are you!
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
A. ABCB
B. AABB
C. ABAB
D. ABCA
Roses are red, A
Violets are blue. B
Sugar is sweet, C
and so are you! B
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
A. ABCB
What is Chronological Order?
a. Facts, events, or details are presented in the order in which they occurred in time.
b. comparing and contrasting similar and unlike
c. something happened because
A Facts, events, or details are presented in the order in which they occurred in time.
What is the Central Idea?
what the passage is mainly about
1. What is conflict?
2. Provide an example of a conflict.
Problem/challenge that characters face
1. What is a simile?
Simile: compares 2 unlike things using like or as.
Who do we have to identify when we read poems?
The speaker
What is Cause and Effect?
A. Facts, events, or details are presented in the order in which they occurred in time.
B. Description of what happened and why it happened.
C. Similarities and differences between 2 or more things.
B
What happened (cause)
Why it happened (effect)
What is one way you can identify the central idea?
- looking at repeated words/phrases
- looking at the title
What are character traits?
- what the character is like
- their personality
1. What is personification?
2. Give an example
Personification: giving human qualities to non-human things.
What is imagery?
Lines that invoke the 5 senses to help create a mental image in the reader's mind as they read.
1. What is Compare and Contrast?
A. Facts, events, or details are presented in the order in which they occurred in time.
B. Similarities and differences between 2 or more things.
C. Description of what happened and why it happened.
Similarities and differences between 2 or more things.
Clue words: both, alike, difference, in contrast, opposed to, not only, on the other hand...
Central Idea is also known as _______?
main idea
1. What is the resolution of a story?
2. Give an example.
a solution to a problem.
1. What is a hyperbole?
Hyperbole: extreme exaggeration
What is theme?
How can we determine the theme? By looking at what...
- Theme is the moral of the story, the lesson that can be learned.
- We can determine the theme by looking at:
the conflicts & solutions, repeated phrases, or identifying the overall message of the story/poem.
1. What is the graphic organizer used for compare and contrast?
2. * Name it and draw it. *
Venn diagram
What kind of details can help you identify the central idea?
Key / Relevant details
1. What is the plot?
2. What are the 3 parts?
Plot: the main events of a story
1. Rising action: building suspense, how the event builds excitement leading to the climax.
2. Climax: The turning point, where the conflict is the highest and the character begins to solve their problem.
3. Falling action: Resolves the conflict
What type of figurative language is this?
"Sally sells seashells by the seashore"
Alliteration: same letter sound repeated "s"
(1) Hair as soft as cotton,
(2) Skin as smooth as silk,
(3) Days are not forgotten,
(4) Deep in my memory.
Which line has BOTH a simile and alliteration?
2 Skin as smooth as silk
Identify the text feature by the clue words:
(challenge, an answer to, question, reason, solve, resolution)
Problem and Solution
1. What is character's perspective?
2. Finish the sentence:
A character's life experiences can ___________ their perspective.
How the character views events and topics.
A character's life experiences can influence their perspective.