Plot
This part of the plot introduces the characters, setting, and beginning situation.
What is exposition?
These details from a selection support an answer or explanation.
What is text evidence?
A drama is written to be performed by these people.
Who are actors?
This organizational pattern presents events in the order they happen.
What is chronological or sequential order?
This term means the author’s reason for writing a selection.
What is author's purpose?
In The Twin Twins, Kyle leaves these in his jacket, creating the problem that prevents the boys from entering the stadium.
What are the game tickets?
In No Tea for Me!, the colonists disguise themselves and darken their faces. These details support the idea that they wanted to hide this.
What are their identities?
The name before a character’s spoken words identifies the speaker. This feature is called a character _____.
What is a tag?
Words such as first, then, and finally often signal this organizational pattern.
What is sequence?
The author of No Tea for Me! explains the causes, events, and consequences of the Boston Tea Party. This is the author’s primary purpose.
In The Twin Twins, the manager announces that Kyle must pitch. This event increases the tension during this part of the plot.
What is rising action?
In The Twin Twins, the manager tells Kyle that he will start in the game. Kyle and Jamie then look worried. These details support this explanation of their feelings
What is they fear the lie will be discovered because Kyle cannot play like Chase?
These instructions tell actors how to move, speak, or show feelings. They often appear in parentheses.
What are stage directions?
On page 69 of No Tea for Me!, the author describes unlocking the hatches, grabbing the tea chests, chopping holes, and throwing them overboard. This is the organizational pattern.
What is sequential order?
In The Twin Twins, Kyle tells the truth even though he may have to leave. Chase then helps him. These events communicate this message.
What is telling the truth takes courage and can lead to a better outcome?
Kyle’s decision to admit that he is not Chase is the turning point of The Twin Twins. This is the name of that plot element.
What is the climax?
To support the claim that Brava interprets directions literally in Robot Trouble, a reader could cite this misunderstanding involving a cake ingredient.
What is Brava confusing flour with flowers?
In The Twin Twins, the heading “Scene III” and the locker-room setting information help readers recognize this change.
What is a new part of the drama taking place in a different location?
An article presents its strongest reason first, followed by reasons that are less important. This is its organizational pattern.
What is order of importance?
Explain why the author of No Tea for Me! presents the destruction of the tea before the king’s punishment.
What is to help readers understand how the protest led to consequences?
Chase gives the boys tickets, and Kyle decides to be himself. Explain why these events belong in the resolution.
What is they solve the ticket problem and show the outcome of Kyle’s decision to tell the truth?
A student claims that the colonists were determined to destroy all the tea. Explain why their return to beat the floating crates with paddles strongly supports that claim.
What is they continued working the next day to make sure the remaining tea could not be recovered?
In The Twin Twins, Kyle covers Jamie’s mouth after the manager calls him Chase. Explain what this stage direction reveals about Kyle’s plan.
What is Kyle wants to prevent Jamie from revealing the truth so he can continue pretending to be Chase?
One article traces events from 1773 to 1776. Another ranks the reasons an event mattered. Identify the organizational pattern of each.
What are chronological order and order of importance?
Explain how presenting the events of No Tea for Me! sequentially supports the author’s purpose.
What is it helps readers follow how opposition to the tax developed into a protest and increased conflict with Britain?