Story Elements
A person, or sometimes even an animal, who plays a part in the action of a short story or other literary work.
Character
Giving credit by adding the authors last name with the page number where you found the quote- all within parenthesis
🡪(Hughes 31)
Cite/Citation
The author's attitude and feelings toward the subject.
Tone
Which questions should you answer first on a test?
The questions you definitely know the answers to.
What do we call the first sentence of a paragraphs we write?
Topic sentence
The time and place in which it happens. Authors often use descriptions of landscape, scenery, buildings, seasons or weather to provide this.
Setting
Give and example of a transition word/phrase.
Various
Mood
True or false: Getting a good night's rest is an important strategy for test taking.
True
A writer’s position on an issue or the point they are trying to prove.
Claim or thesis
When a character has some sort of struggle that must be solved.
Conflict
The "A" (answer) portion of your paragraph should include the answer and...
Background info
Even though the Lions lost last week, I still think they have a shot at the playoffs. What is the tone?
Hopeful, optimistic
True or false: It is okay to guess on questions so that you can finish the test in a timely manner.
False
What is a synonym for author's purpose and a synonym for point of view?
Author's intent and perspective/attitude/opinion
A series of events and character actions that relate to the central conflict. It’s what happens in the story.
Plot
How should your introduce your text evidence and what two things go in the citation at the end?
According to the author, the text states etc... Author last name and page number
Which PHRASES in the following sentence create a hopeful tone/mood? List 3…
“Winter will pass, the days will lengthen, the ice will melt in the pasture pond. The song sparrow will return and sing, the frogs will awake, the warm wind will blow again.”
WILL PASS, WILL LENGTHEN,WILL MELT, WILL RETURN & SING, WILL AWAKE, WILL BLOW AGAIN
Which sre not test taking strategies?
Get rest, eat a balanced meal, take frequent bathroom breaks, take your time, use your resources, eliminate ovious wrong answer
Take frequent bathroom breaks and use your resources
An assumption based on prior knowledge and evidence presented by the author.
Inference
The central idea or belief in a short story. The moral/lesson of the story.
Theme
List each step in the RACES strategy used to write paragraphs.
Restate the question,Answer, cite evidence, explain, conclusion.
What kind of mood might be evoked by a story that takes place in an empty hospital?
What ia the tone?: "I guess I'll go home to my empty apartment and watch cartoons by myself," sighed Justin.
Various
Various
You're taking a multiple-choice test, with four choices for each question. If two of the choices are very similar, you should:
Eliminate both similar choices
When a question asks you to "distingush", what are you being asked to do?
Determine the similarities and differences between two or more objects/things.