2020 Unit 1: Elements of Fiction, Strategies for Reading

Climax is...

• an extreme event in a story

• the reader's favorite passage of a story

• the culminating event or moment in a story--the "turning point"

• the part of the story that comes right after the conflict and exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Words and phrases that appeal to readers five senses.

• Imagery

• Onomatopoeia

• Conflict

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Theme means...

•  the title of a piece of literature
• the topic of a piece of literature
• the overall message of a piece of literature
• the feeling of a piece of literature 

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Problem in any piece of literature.

• Symbolism

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

protagonist

• a word that means the opposite of another word
• a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.
• a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another word or other words
• the central character or leading figure in poetry, narrative, novel or any other story (sometimes called the hero or heroine)

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The sequence of events in a story or novel is called the ________. 

• action
• conflict 
• setting
• plot 

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?

• exposition

• rising action

• climax

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is conflict?

• Two characters getting along.
• A struggle between two opposing forces.
• The climax in a story.
• Part of the resolution.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Characters who do not change throughout the story are called

• static

• dynamic

• boring

• unreliable

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

to make an educated guess based on the limited details in the story

• to infer

• to foreshadow

• plot

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5