What is a theme?

• The message or lesson the author wants you to learn

• The main idea of a text

• A summary of a text, no more than a paragraph

• A key detail from the text

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

What is dialogue?

• A sound word

• An exaggeration

• When someone is talking

• A comparison

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is a simile?

• A sound word

• A comparison that uses like or as

• An exaggeration

• When a character is speaking

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is point of view?

• The narrator

• Past tense, present tense, or future tense

• Where a story takes place

• The perspective the story is told from

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is first person?

• The story is told from the perspective of someone inside the story

• The story is told by someone outside of the story

• The story is told by someone who is speaking directly to the audience

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is second person?

• The story is told from the perspective of someone inside the story

• The story is told by someone outside of the story

• The story is told by someone who is speaking directly to the audience

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is third person?

• The story is told from the perspective of someone inside the story

• The story is told by someone outside of the story

• The story is told by someone who is speaking directly to the audience

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Why would an author use first person?

• So the reader can see the big picture

• So the reader can understand the character's thoughts and feelings better

• So the reader feels like the character is speaking to them

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Why would an author use third person?

• So the reader can see the big picture

• So the reader can understand the character's thoughts and feelings better

• So the reader feels like the character is speaking to them

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is a summary?

• A short retelling of a story

• One sentence telling what the text was mostly about

• The lesson or moral the author wanted us to learn

• A main idea

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2