Story Elements
1. What is Setting?
2. Provide an example
Where the story takes place
What is figurative language?
Language not meant to be taken literally.
What is a stanza?
A group of lines that are separated from others in a poem.
The mini paragraphs in the poem.
Identify the text feature.
Facts, events, or details are presented in the order in which they occurred in time.
*first, next, then, finally, at (date/time)*
Chronological Order
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?
2. What is a metaphor?
3. Give an example of each
Simile: compares 2 unlike things using like or as.
Metaphor: compares 2 unlike things WITHOUT using like or as
Who do we have to identify when we read poems?
The speaker
Identify the text feature.
Description of what happened and why it happened.
*because, due to, as a result, for this reason, since*
Cause and Effect
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?
2. What are some clue words? (give at least 2)
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?
2. What is an idiom?
3. Give an example of each
Hyperbole: extreme exaggeration
Idiom: a phrase that does not literally mean what it states.
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"
What does RRST stand for ?
Read stanzas (number them)
Read to identify the speaker
Summarize
Theme
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.