Story Elements
We use this term describes the most important person or animal in a story.
What is a main character or protagonist?
A story with this conflict might take place in a hurricane.
What is person vs. nature
Tells the universal lesson or message you take from the story and does not include any information about the story in particular.
What is a theme?
When an author uses the words I, me, and my while narrating, they are using this POV.
What is 1st person?
This is what the text is mostly about. You can use the formula Who + What + Why.
What is the main idea?
This is the story element that starts with the rising action and ends with the resolution
What is the plot?
A story with this conflict might have a character trying to make a big decision.
What is person vs. self
You need to understand these three things to understand the theme.
What plot, characters, and conflict?
This figurative language element compares things with "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
Once you know the main idea, you use these to help you support the main idea and build your summary.
What are supporting details?
Name one of the 5 ways we can learn about a character in a story
What are:
Words, Actions, Thoughts, Feelings, and Other people's reactions?
Conflict is critical to this story element.
What is the plot?
Tells what the story is mostly about and includes information from the story
What is a Main Idea?
This part of speech is for people, places, things, or ideas.
What is a noun?
This text feature describes a picture.
What is a caption?
This story element refers to the time and place of the story.
What is the setting?
A story can only have one conflict. True or False.
False.
This is the subject of the story, what it is generally about in a word or two.
What is the topic?
When we exaggerate for effect we're adding this to our writing.
What is hyperbole?
This text feature is set apart from the text and either tells you more about the text or something related, but somewhat off topic.
What is a sidebar or fact box?
Describe how the setting can impact the story.
The setting changes how the characters interact with their environment and what opportunities or challenges they'll face.
This story might be about a character who stands up for what they believe in.
What is person vs society?
This might be a theme related to the subject friendship.
What is "true friends will always be there for you"?
This is the name of the reading strategy where you are "reading between the lines" or using what you already know to understand what the story is about and not just the words the author wrote.
What is inferring or inference?
This type of text is considered nonfiction.