Characters
After hiking all day, the explorer felt weary. His legs ached, and he could barely keep his eyes open.
What is tired?
Instead of being generous and sharing his supplies, the traveler was selfish and kept everything for himself.
What is giving?
Some precipitation, including rain, sleet, and snow, can make roads slippery.
rain, sleet, and snow
A territory is an area of land that an animal or group claims as its own.
an area of land that an animal or group claims as its own
The instructions were complex, so the class had to read them more than once to understand.
Complicated or confusing
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 problem a character faces.
What is the conflict?
Talking between two or more characters.
What is dialogue?
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 descriptive details?
How the main problem in a story is solved.
What is the resolution?
These marks are used to show exactly what a character is saying.
What are quotation marks?
The purpose of theme in stories.
What is to teach a life lesson?
A character in the story is also the narrator.
What is 1st person?
The setting can drive this in a story.
What is the plot?
These things make the plot
What are events?
The punctuation mark that separates a speaker tag from the spoken words.
What is a comma?
True or False: The theme is the same thing as the plot summary.
What is false?
The way a character acts or behaves. (Smart, silly, mean, funny)
What are character traits?
The changes in a setting can cause these.
What are events?
This describes the situation or time period that a story is happening in
What is the context?
The part of a sentence that tells who is speaking.
What is a speaker tag?
To find theme, ask: "What did the main character...?"
What is learn?