My POV
Elements of Fiction
Elements of Nonfiction/Information
Random
Odds and Ends
100
When the author/writer leans towards one side of an argument due to personal beliefs/reasons
What is a biased opinion
100
The moral lesson you learn from the characters in the story
What is theme
100
Understanding the way a text is set up in order to understand it more
What is text structure
100
Passing the FSA means you can move on to high school easily
What is YES that is true!
100
A character which changes through the course of a story
What is dynamic character
200
The narrator uses 'he' or 'she' though does not reveal any of the characters thoughts or feelings
What is 3rd person objective
200
One tells you what is happening in the story One tells you what to learn from the story
What is main idea vs. theme
200
Words that are unique to a certain topic or subject
What is domain-specific vocabulary
200
A story always must have a conflict which is usually developed in the...
What is rising action
200
A character which enhances another character through a contrast
What is a foil character
300
Using 'he' or 'she' and knowing more than one character's thoughts and feelings
What is 3rd person omniscient
300
April 15th, 1912 on the sea between Europe and the United States
What is setting
300
Explaining or describing a space or area in terms of physical objects
What is spatial/descriptive
300
The good guy of the story is typically called...
What is the protagonist
300
The person who tells the story is called...
What is the narrator
400
The only aspect of literature that POV does not influence because it is what the characters are saying
What is dialogue
400
'Adding together' elements of the story in order to make a guess at what will happen next, or what something means.
What is inferencing
400
Putting information into a visual
What is a graphic organizer
400
A theme that can be applied to any person's life
What is universal theme
400
When you don't understand a word or idea so you use the rest of the writing to figure it out
What is context clues
500
They were standing under a tree, each with an arm round the other's neck, and Alice knew which was which in a moment, because one of them had "DUM" embroidered on his collar, and the other "DEE." "I suppose they've each got "TWEEDLE" round at the back of the collar," she said to herself. They stood so still that she quite forgot they were alive, and she was just looking round to see if the word "TWEEDLE" was written at the back of each collar, when she was startled by a voice coming from the one marked "DUM."
What is 3rd person limited
500
The five story 'ingredients'
What is plot, character, setting, theme, conflict
500
The elements of an informational text which help the reader to find the information more easily
What is text features
500
Things about a character that makes up their personality
What is character traits
500
What you already know about a topic, it is your 'file drawer' of knowledge
What is schema