Story Elements
Painting a vivid image or picture of something in your brain while reading
What is imagery?
A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence - means to DO something
What is a verb?
dis-, mis-, un-, uni-, tri-, sub-, semi-, re-, pre-, non-, com-
What is a prefix?
To take notes and highlight on a text/poem/story while reading
What is to annotate?
people and animals in a FICTION (not real) story
What are characters?
People, places, things, or ideas
What is a noun?
-able, -ful, -ness, -less, -ed, -er, -ing
What is a suffix?
To use the information that you read and the illustrations to guess what will take place in a story BEFORE you read it
What is predict?
The events and conflict that occur in a story (beginning, middle/climax, end)
What is plot?
A common expression that has acquired a meaning that differs from its literal meaning - even an IDIOT can understand it (it's raining cats and dogs)
What is an idiom?
What the story or paragraph is mostly/mainly about.
What is main idea?
A word that takes the place of a noun (he, she, they, us...)
What is a pronoun?
Books, toys, peaches, men, oxen, women, foxes, phones (more than one of something)
What are examples of plural words?
IF something happens, THIS is the RESULT - If you get a referral, then you won't have recess (text structures)
What is cause and effect?
The central/universal message or lesson learned from a story
What is the theme?
What is a proper noun?
Young vs. old; loud vs. quiet; big vs. little; tall vs.short; few vs. many
What are antonyms?
Making an educated guess using your own knowledge AND details of a story
What is inference?