Language of the Standards

the people, animals, or other creatures involved in a story

a unique chracteristic or feature

the time and place of action in a story

feelings, passion, excitement

the arrangement of actions in the story as exposition, conflict, climax, falling action, and resolution

to list in steps

type of literature

the central theme in a story

the reason an author writes a particular kind of genre

literature that is not true, false

a story

the restatement of the main points or events

a group of words or expressions that have an understood meaning in a particular language or region


such as.... It's Raining Cats and Dogs

conversation between characters

a brief story or poem, usually with animal characters that teaches a lesson or moral

a lesson taught by a literary work

use of words that imitate sounds

Buzz / Grrrrr / Kerplunk / Plop

the restatement of the main events or main points

to read between the lines

source of information usually in the back of a book to define words in the book

an author's use of clues to hint what might happen later in the story

a story

writing that explains or informs

the reason that explains or partially explains a chracters thoughts, feelings, actions, or speech

writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally

make a reasonable statement about the future

necessary

words or phrases that appeal to the five senses

the point of view from which a story is told

Little Red Riding Hood is the main __________ in the story.

A. character
B. plot
C. trait
D. summary

The __________ of the story was in the woods at Grandma's house.

A. title
B. climax
C. setting
D. plot

arranged in order

to briefly state the main concept or idea of a piece of literature

having a likeness

how something is not alike

the way a written passage connects through ideas, organization, and theme

word, phrase, sentence, or series of sentences connecting one part to another