FICTION & STORY ELEMENTS
The person or animal the story is mostly about
What is the main character?
What a text is mostly about
What is central idea?
Words that have the same ending sound
What is rhyme?
The words spoken by characters
What is dialogue?
Using uppercase letters correctly at the beginning of sentences and for proper nouns
What is capitalization?
Where and when a story takes place
What is the setting?
Facts or examples that help explain the main idea
What are supporting details?
A comparison using “like” or “as”
What is a simile?
Instructions that tell actors how to move or speak
What are stage directions?
Using commas, periods, and apostrophes correctly in a sentence
The problem the main character must solve
What is conflict?
When one event makes another event happen
What is cause and effect?
A comparison that does NOT use “like” or “as”
What is a metaphor?
A part of a play that shows a new section of the story
What is a scene?
Making sure the subject and verb match (singular or plural)
What is subject-verb agreement?
The order of events in the story
When a text shows how two things are alike and different
What is compare and contrast?
Giving human traits or actions to something not human
What is personification?
Understanding how a character feels based on what they say and do
What are character feelings?
Joining two or more ideas into one clear sentence using words like “and” or “but”
What is combining sentences?
The lesson the reader must figure out by thinking about the character’s actions
What is theme?
A text that explains steps to complete a task in order
What is a procedural text?
Words that help the reader see, hear, or feel what is happening
What is imagery?
A text written to be performed by actors instead of read as a story
What is a drama?
Improving a sentence by removing unnecessary words or fixing confusing wording
What is revising and editing?