Elements of fiction
Elements of Non-Fiction
Short Stories
Among the Hidden
The Last Kids on Earth
100

Who the story is about and who carries out the action

Characters

100

What the story is mainly about

Central or main idea

100

In the elevator, what is the setting of this story?

An Elevator

100

What is the main Character's name in Among the Hidden?

Luke

100

Where is Jack when he fights Blarg in chapter 1?

CVS

200

When and where the story takes place

Setting

200

Evidence that supports the main idea of the text

Text Evidence

200

What is the conflict in Monsters are Due on Maple Street?

The power is out

200
What happens to Jennifer in the resolution of the story?

She dies at the rally

200

June Del Toro

Jack's Love Interest

300

The struggles or problem in the story

 Conflict

300

About real people, real events, and real ideas

Non-Fiction

300

In All Summer in a Day, What is a character trait that you would use to describe Margot (the girl who is waiting for the summer)

Aloof, sad, dreary, expectant, etc 

300
The government agency who arrests 3rd children if found out

The population police

300

Quint Baker

Jack's Best Friend

400

The main idea of the story; the moral or lesson

Theme

400

Pictures, graphs, charts, headings, sub-headings, bold words

Text Features
400

In Monsters Are Due on Maple Street, who do we find out the REAL monsters are in the end

The humans

400

Which plot structure does this story follow: linear or non-linear?

Linear

400

The only place Jack feels safe

His Tree House

500
The sequence of events in a story. These events will be in either Linear or Non-Linea Categories

Plot

500

How the text is organized

Problem and solution, cause and effect, Chronological

Text Stryctute

500

What planet do the kids live on in All Summer in a Day?

Venus

500

"Sometimes we need to take risks to make a change" is an example of what?

Theme

500

What is a character trait you would use to describe Jack?

Funny, brave, heroic, loyal