Literary Elements and Definitions

Plot

• A series of event in a story

• Where the story takes place

• A challenge a character faces

• Only found in informational texts

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Setting

• The beginning of the story

• The ending of the story

• Where the story takes place

• A retelling of the story

Tags

TEKS.ELA.3.3B

Character

• Is only found in informational texts

• The events in a story

• Where the story takes place

• The people or animals in a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

Write the definition of "central idea"

Tags

TEKS.ELA.3.3B

TEKS.ELA.3.9D.I

Mary used​ (a)   when describing what the main character in the story was really like.

• character traits
• the setting
• the plot
• the conclusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is the word that means "understanding what is not said in a text"?

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

What is the word that is "a text feature you find under a photograph that explains what the photograph is."

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

A​ (a)   is a word that means the same as another word. An ​ (b)   is a word that means the opposite of another word

• synonym
• antonym
• homonym
• metonym
• paronym

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4A

CCSS.L.2.4A

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

What is the organized pattern or sequence of events in a story?

• Plot
• Exposition
• Conflict
• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

Putting events in a story in order.

• conclusion

• setting

• sequence

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3