Show:
Basic Elements
What a Character!
Pyramid
Figure It Out
Organize It
100
What is happening; story events; action
What is plot
100
This character is most important
What is main character
100
Beginning of story, giving basic plot details and introducing characters
What is exposition
100
Weather forecasters, as well as readers, make these
What are predictions
100
Fancy term that means "tell in the order that it happened"
What is chronological order
200
These are the people or animals in the story
What are characters
200
This main character is always the good guy
What is the protagonist
200
Problem faced by characters
What is conflict
200
You draw these when you make decisions about happenings in a literary work.
What are conclusions
200
Show ways in which two or more subjects are similar and different
What is compare and contrast
300
When and where the story takes place
What is setting
300
The main bad guy is given this name
What is the antagonist
300
Events going up the pyramid
What is rising action
300
Educated guess
What is an inference
300
Make this organizational diagram by drawing two circles that overlap in the middle
What is a Venn diagram
400
Life lesson
What is the theme
400
While some characters may be of major importance, these characters are not
What are minor characters
400
Events going down the pyramid
What is falling action
400
Tell only the main points of a passage
What is summarize
400
This organizationl strategy shows how one event occurs as the result of another
What is cause and effect
500
Time of day, year, and weather are all a part of this
What is setting
500
Qualities of a character, used to help the reader better understand the character as a person
What are character traits
500
Way the problem/conflict is resolved
What is resolution
500
Retell, in your own words
What is paraphrase
500
Organizationl technique using Roman numerals and letters to set up main points
What is an outline