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.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Words and phrases that appeal to readers five senses.

• Imagery

• Onomatopoeia

• Conflict

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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 

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Problem in any piece of literature.

• Symbolism

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

• Conflict

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

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.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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

• action
• conflict 
• setting
• plot 

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

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.9-10.3

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.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Characters who do not change throughout the story are called

• static

• dynamic

• boring

• unreliable

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

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

• to infer

• to foreshadow

• plot

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3