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Plot

• The sequence of events in a story.
• The people, animals, or creatures who act out the actions in the story.
• To do something quickly and nervously.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Conflict

• The issue or problem a character faces in the story.
• The time and place of a story.
• The reason why something happened

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Characters

• The people, animals, or creatures who act out the actions in the story.
• The underlying message, life lesson, or moral of the story.
• What happened as a result of another event

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Setting

• Not, none

• To do something quickly and nervously.
• The time and place of a story.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Theme

• The underlying message, life lesson, or moral of the story.
• The reason why something happened
• When something is kept within a certain limit.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

1st Person POV

• The story is told from the perspective of one character. The narrator is a character in the story. Use words such as: “I, me, myself, we”
• What happened as a result of another event
• When something is kept within a certain limit.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

3rd Person POV

• The story is NOT told from one character's perspective. A narrator who is NOT a character is telling the story. Look for clues: Character names, they, him, her,he, she, it
• Not, none
• The time and place of a story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Labyrinth

• An elaborate, confusing maze like structure designed to hold someone captive or trap them.
• The reason why something happened
• The underlying message, life lesson, or moral of the story.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Moderate

• When something is kept within a certain limit.
• What happened as a result of another event
• The story is told from the perspective of one character. The narrator is a character in the story. Use words such as: “I, me, myself, we”

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Prowess

• The strength and courage someone has.
• Not, none
• The people, animals, or creatures who act out the actions in the story.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A