AIR prep

a story's overall message or lesson

• main idea

• summary

• theme

• morals

what a text is mostly about

• characters

• story elements

• theme

• main idea

the sequence of events in a fictional story

• setting

• climax

• plot

• conflict

how a text is organized

• text structure

• figurative language

• summary

• chronological order

where and when a story takes place

• outside

• inside

• setting

• story elements

an adjective that describes a character's personality based on their actions, thoughts, and dialogue

• character

• character trait

• infer

• personality

the problem in a story

• resolution

• plot

• theme

• conflict

the perspective from which a story is told

• dialogue

• compare/contrast

• setting

• point of view

reading between the lines using text evidence and your background knowledge

• infer

• main idea

• literal questions

• summary

why something happened and what happened as a result

• compare/contrast

• description

• cause/effect

• chronological order