Story Elements
This is where a story takes place.
The Setting!
Literal or nonliteral: It's raining cats and dogs.
Nonliteral!
This character is a Siamese kitten with very large ears who believes he is a Chihuahua.
Skippyjon Jones!
What does enormous mean?
Very big!
We read nonfiction books to learn about....
Real facts and information.
When you write a story, your FIRST paragraph, where you tell the reader your big idea, is called...
Literal!
This character has a facial deformity, and the story that features him tells about his experience as he goes to a real school for the first time.
August (Auggie) Pullman!
What is a synonym for "happy"?
Joyful
glad
cheerful
A book about dinosaur fossils is most likely fiction or nonfiction?
Nonfiction!
When authors DESCRIBE an object, person, or idea, these are called ___________.
Details!
In the story One Giant Leap, the astronauts are described as follows:
"They twirl like slow-motion tiptoe dancers," and "like two boys bouncing on a trampoline."
What does this mean?
Possible answer:
The moon has less gravity, so the astronauts were able to move more freely.
This half-dog, half-police officer fights crime and loves to fetch justice.
Dog Man!
What does it mean to make an inference?
To make a guess about what will happen in the story
What is it called when you are reading, and you take notes (underline/circle/highlight) as you go?
Annotating!
The main person in the story is called the...
Protagonist!
Write an example of an IDIOM.
It's raining cats and dogs.
He's as cold as ice.
Break a leg!
We finished in the blink of an eye.
This middle schooler writes about his life in a journal full of drawings and funny stories.
Greg Heffley!
What does "evidence" mean?
What is the name of the page that tells you what chapters are in a book?
Table of Contents!