Genres

lines spoken between actors in a play

A type of fantasy that uses science & technology (robots and machines)

Making a logical guess using text evidence and schema

the written text of a play, film, or broadcast

an instruction in the text of a play indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor

a theatrical performance, film, or concert

A story including elements that are impossible such as talking animals and magic powers

a problem

Where a story takes place

Compares two unlike things using like or as

The part of a story where the characters start to have problems or conflict

Texts that provide facts about a variety of topics (sports, animals, science, history, etc.)

the perspective from which the events of a story are told

The end of the story, when all the problems have been solved

the words of an actor's part in a play or film

A fictional story that takes place in a particular time period in the past.

background knowledge

A story using made up characters but could happen in real life

having the same ending sound

The story of a real person's life that is created by that person

Written to create a response of thought and feeling, often uses rhythm and rhyme

compares two things using is, are, were, was

The part of the story where the reader is introduced to the characters and setting

Folk takes, legends, fables, fairy tales, tall tales, and myths from different cultures

When the story begins to end, characters start solving problems

A suspenseful story about a puzzling event that is not solved until the end of the story.

text evidence

language not intended to be taken literally

the message or lesson that the author is trying to tell in a story

The most exciting part of a story

group of lines in a poem

A story of a real person's life written by another person