Retelling Stories

Retelling is telling the most important part of the story from beginning to end.

• true

• false

Who are the characters in a story?

• The people or animals who act out the story

• The time and place 

• Only the people

What is the difference between retelling and summarizing?

• A summary is a long detailed paragraph and a retell is not.

• Retell is telling about all the events, while a summary only talks about main ideas.

• Retelling and summarizing are the same thing.

• Retelling is a word used for little kids and summarizing is used for big kids.

What is the setting of the story?

• Keith's house

• school

• park

• the mall

What does it mean to retell a story?

• to tell about the characters

• to tell about the characters and the setting

• to tell about the characters, setting and the events

• to ask questions about the text

What does it mean to retell a story?

• to tell about the characters

• to tell about the characters and setting

• to tell about the characters, setting, and events

• to ask questions about the text

What is it called when you tell what happened in the story in your own words?

• retell

• imaginary

Retelling a story in your own words.

• Setting

• Solution

• Recount

• Character

What is the purpose of retelling a story ?

• To persuade others

• To inform others

• To entertain

• All the answers are correct

What does retell mean?

• tell the most important parts of a story from beginning to end

• to not tell the story

• to listen