The Elements of Reading

What is theme? 

• a moral story
• a reading lesson
• a moral lesson
• what the story is MOSTLY about

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What is MAIN IDEA? 

• a moral story
• the lesson the author wants you to learn
• what the story is MOSTLY about
• a moral lesson

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Poems without rhyme are called

• Rhythm 
• free verse
• rap
• stanzas

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

What is the author's purpose in this passage?
The Underground Railroad was a secret organization which helped slaves escape to freedom. Many slaves were able to escape because of the conductors and station masters. The northern states were free states and slaves were free once they arrived in the north. Secret codes and signals were used to identify the conductors and station masters. 

• to Inform
• to Entertain
• to Persuade

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is the author's purpose of this passage?
Joe had been fishing for over two hours without a single bite. Suddenly there was a nibble at the end of his fishing line.  He stood up on the boat and leaned out too far.  Just then there was a sharp yank on the line.  Joe fell overboard and landed head first into the water. Joe and his friends laughed and laughed.

• to Inform
• to Entertain
• to Persuade

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

How can you know that something is written in first person point of view?

• pronouns like I, my and him are used
• the author is addressing the reader
• the narrator is not in the story
• pronouns like I, my and we are used

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is a setting?

• The lesson or moral
  the author wants you to learn from the story that you can take into your own life
• Clues that help you know
  the meaning of a word
• The text you are reading
• When and where a story takes place

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The mood of a story is...

• When and where it happens

• The main character

• The central message

• The overall feeling of a story or the overall feeling of part of a story

Can the mood change throughout the story or book?

• Yes
• No

What is a narrator?

• Main Character
• Villain
• Hero
• The person telling the story (The person whose eyes the story or book is told through