Reading Fiction for Details

Reading Fiction for Details

Does anyone bake?

What might happen if you turn the oven up too high?

What if you forget bananas in a banana split?

The Little Mermaid

What is the setting? What details about Ariel are important? What conflict does she face?

Would The Little Mermaid be the same if she were human?

Practice - Details in Fiction

• Pay attention to plot events and conflicts

• What do you notice about the characters?

• What is important about the setting?

Multiple Choice

Who are the two most important characters in this passage?

• Giselle and her uncle

• Giselle and her aunt

• The Aunt and Uncle

• Giselle and Jenny

Multiple Choice

What conflict, or problem, moves the plot of the passage?

• Giselle moves to the Jersey Shore with her aunt and uncle.

• Giselle tells Jenny about going to the state university.

• Giselle and Jenny plan to go to school together.

• Giselle fears Jenny's reaction to the news of her college acceptance.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence offers details about the setting?

• Giselle felt like she could sit on the boardwalk and enjoy the sun for hours.

• All she could think about was how Jenny would react to the news.

• They had always planned to go to school together.

• Today the balmy air couldn't cure her gloomy mood.

Plot and Setting

• Plot includes all major events and conflicts

• Setting includes the time, place and situation

Multiple Choice

Which detail below tells about plot?

Multiple Select

Which 2 details below tell about setting?

Fiction Details - Characters

• What do the characters say and think?

• What do they look like?

• What are the effects of their

• actions on others?

Multiple Select

Which sentences below offer details about characters?