Characters
The main character who tries to solve the problem in a story.
Who is the Protagonist?
The time and place where a story happens.
What is the setting?
The main struggle or challenge a character faces.
What is the conflict (Problem)?
These marks are used to show exactly what a character is saying.
What are quotation marks?
The central message, lesson, or moral of a story.
What is the theme?
The character or force that works against the main character.
Who is the Antagonist?
Words that help a reader see, hear, or smell what is happening in a story.
What are sensory/descriptive details?
How the main problem in a story is finally resolved.
What is the resolution?
Talking between two or more characters.
What is dialogue?
The purpose of theme in stories.
What is to teach a life lesson?
The way a character acts or behaves.
What is character traits?
The changes in a setting can cause this.
What is conflict?
The 3 main events of a story.
What is beginning, middle, and end?
The part of a sentence that tells who is speaking, like "she whispered."
What is a speaker tag?
True or False: The theme is the same thing as the plot summary.
What is false?
The way characters develop from the beginning of the story to the end of the story.
What is they grow or change?
The setting can drive this in a story.
What is the plot?
The pattern of events that make up a story.
What is the plot?
The punctuation mark that separates a speaker tag from the spoken words.
What is a comma?
To find theme, ask: "What did the main character...?"
What is learn?
Context Clues:
Hints that an author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word.
What are context clues?
Context Clues:
"The movie was monstrous compared to the tiny TV screen."
What is giant/huge?
Context Clues:
"Unlike her brother who was very loud, Sarah was demure."
What is shy/quiet?
Context Clues:
When an author uses a word that means the same thing nearby to help you.
What is a synonym clue?
Context Clues:
"The sunset was vibrant, filled with bright pinks, deep purples, and glowing oranges."
What is bright/colorful?