{
 "source": "https://peabody.kids/flashcards/la-story-elements",
 "id": "la-story-elements",
 "title": "Story Elements and Reading Skills",
 "category": "language-arts",
 "subject": "English",
 "levels": [
  "3-5",
  "6-8"
 ],
 "description": "The parts of a story and the skills readers use to understand it.",
 "tags": [
  "reading",
  "story elements",
  "comprehension"
 ],
 "frontLabel": "Term",
 "backLabel": "What it means",
 "cards": [
  [
   "character",
   "Who the story is about"
  ],
  [
   "setting",
   "Where and when the story happens"
  ],
  [
   "plot",
   "What happens in the story"
  ],
  [
   "problem",
   "The trouble the characters face"
  ],
  [
   "solution",
   "How the problem is solved"
  ],
  [
   "beginning",
   "Where the story introduces characters and setting"
  ],
  [
   "middle",
   "Where the problem grows"
  ],
  [
   "end",
   "Where the problem is solved"
  ],
  [
   "main idea",
   "What a text is mostly about"
  ],
  [
   "supporting details",
   "Facts that back up the main idea"
  ],
  [
   "theme",
   "The lesson or message of a story"
  ],
  [
   "summary",
   "A short retelling of the important parts"
  ],
  [
   "sequence",
   "The order in which events happen"
  ],
  [
   "cause",
   "Why something happens"
  ],
  [
   "effect",
   "What happens as a result"
  ],
  [
   "compare",
   "To tell how things are alike"
  ],
  [
   "contrast",
   "To tell how things are different"
  ],
  [
   "fact",
   "Something that can be proven true"
  ],
  [
   "opinion",
   "What someone thinks or feels"
  ],
  [
   "inference",
   "A smart guess from clues"
  ],
  [
   "prediction",
   "A guess about what will happen next"
  ],
  [
   "context clues",
   "Hints in the text that help explain a word"
  ],
  [
   "author's purpose",
   "Why the author wrote it: to inform, persuade or entertain"
  ],
  [
   "point of view",
   "Who is telling the story"
  ],
  [
   "visualize",
   "To make a picture in your mind while reading"
  ],
  [
   "connection",
   "Linking a text to yourself, another text, or the world"
  ],
  [
   "text feature",
   "A heading, caption or bold word that helps readers"
  ],
  [
   "heading",
   "A title for a section"
  ],
  [
   "caption",
   "Words that explain a picture"
  ],
  [
   "glossary",
   "A mini dictionary at the back of a book"
  ],
  [
   "index",
   "An alphabetical list of topics at the back with page numbers"
  ],
  [
   "table of contents",
   "A list of chapters and page numbers at the front"
  ],
  [
   "bold print",
   "Heavy type that shows an important word"
  ],
  [
   "diagram",
   "A labeled drawing"
  ],
  [
   "genre",
   "A type of writing"
  ],
  [
   "fiction",
   "Made-up stories"
  ],
  [
   "nonfiction",
   "True information"
  ],
  [
   "narrator",
   "The one who tells the story"
  ],
  [
   "dialogue",
   "Characters talking"
  ],
  [
   "conflict",
   "A struggle between forces"
  ],
  [
   "climax",
   "The most exciting part"
  ],
  [
   "resolution",
   "The way the story's problem ends"
  ],
  [
   "mood",
   "The feeling of the story"
  ],
  [
   "tone",
   "The attitude of the author"
  ],
  [
   "evidence",
   "Facts or quotes that prove a point"
  ],
  [
   "claim",
   "A statement you argue is true"
  ],
  [
   "reasoning",
   "The logic linking evidence to a claim"
  ],
  [
   "fluency",
   "Reading smoothly with expression"
  ],
  [
   "decoding",
   "Using letter sounds to read a word"
  ],
  [
   "comprehension",
   "Understanding what you read"
  ],
  [
   "skim",
   "To read quickly for the main idea"
  ],
  [
   "scan",
   "To look quickly for specific information"
  ]
 ]
}