Unit 1: Finding Courage - Pre Assessment

A _____________ is a person, animal, being, creature, or thing in a story. Writers use characters to perform the actions and speak dialogue, moving the story along a plot line.

• Plot

• Character

• Setting

• Point of View

________ is the time and place (or when and where) of the story. It’s a literary element of literature used in novels, short stories, plays, films, etc., and usually introduced during the exposition (beginning) of the story, along with the characters. The setting may also include the environment of the story, which can be made up of the physical location, climate, weather, or social and cultural surroundings.

• Characters

• Point of View

• Plot

• Setting

________ is the sequence of events that make up a story, whether it’s told, written, filmed, or sung. The ________ is the story, and more specifically, how the story develops, unfolds, and moves in time. ________ are typically made up of five main elements:exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.

• Plot

• Point of View

• Characters

• Setting

When you read a scene between a main character and someone older or more experienced

• Words of the Wiser

• Memory Moment

• Again and Again

• Stop, Drop, and Roll

When you realize something that changes your understanding of yourself, others, or the world around you

• Aha Moment

• Words of the Wiser

• Contrast and Contradictions

• Tough Questions

If a character says or does something you haven’t expected, you should pay attention. ______________________ like these can give you a deeper understanding of a character. If action and dialogue surprise you, take a minute to consider the meaning.

• Tough Questions

• Contrasts and Contradictions

• Aha Moment

• Again and Again

Which element of genre is this?

Historical fiction is realistic fiction that is set in the past and includes real places and real events of historical importance. Details about the way people lived in other times and cultures are included.

• poetry

• drama

• fiction

• non-fiction