Story Elements
What is a setting?
When or where the story takes place.
Give an example of text structure
Compare & Contrast
Sequencing
Problem & Solution
Cause & Effect
What is a verb?
A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence
The part of a word added to the beginning of a base word to change its meaning are called what?
Prefix
The message the author wants the reader to know is called the what.
Theme
What are characters?
people and animals in a story
An exaggeration of fact is called what?
A hyperbole
People, places, things, or ideas are called what?
A noun
a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning or create a new word
able, ed, ant, cide, dom, ed, er, ly
angriER, wisDOM, criED, selfishLY
A suffix
Using clues to make an educated guess about something the author doesn't tell you is called a what?
background knowledge and clues from the text= understanding
An inference
What is the climax of a story?
The most exciting or the turning point of a story.
This compares 2 things using like or as.
A similie
The base word without prefixes or suffixes is called what?
What is a main idea?
What the story or paragraph is mostly about.
What is meant by the conflict in a story?
The problems or challenges that the characters must face or overcome in the story?
The comparison of one thing to another that does not use the terms “like” or “as"
A metaphor
He, Him, She, Her are examples of what?
A pronoun
Spell the plural word for woman.
Women
What does it mean to compare and contrast?
When you list what is similar and different about 2 people or things
How the problem of the story is resolved is called what?
Resolution
What is a topic sentence?
A topic sentence tells the reader what the paragraph will be about.
What are antonyms?
words that are opposites
What is meant by TEXT EVIDENCE?
Examples from the text that support your answers to a question.