Literary Elements
The people or animals in a story
characters
the name of the first sentence in a paragraph
topic sentence
when the narrator goes back in time
flashback
these should be read before the passage
title and questions
the series of events in a story
plot
The name of the 3 sentenecs in the middle of the paragraph
supporting details
the message the author wants to teach the reader
theme
this is another name surface reading the passage
skimming
The time and place of a story
setting
The name of the last sentence
closing sentence
clues the writer leaves for the reader to let the reader know that something in the future will happen
foreshadow
the name of eliminating question choices
process of elimination
the voice of the person telling the story
point of view
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the writer's attitude towards the topic
tone
when you don't know the anser, first use process of elimintion, then what should you do
take a guess from the two answer choices
the feel of the story- funny, spooky
mood
the words used in the beginning of sentences that keep our ideas organized
signal or transition words