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Story Elements and Reading Skills
The parts of a story and the skills readers use to understand it.
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- characterTermWho the story is about
- settingTermWhere and when the story happens
- plotTermWhat happens in the story
- problemTermThe trouble the characters face
- solutionTermHow the problem is solved
- beginningTermWhere the story introduces characters and setting
- middleTermWhere the problem grows
- endTermWhere the problem is solved
- main ideaTermWhat a text is mostly about
- supporting detailsTermFacts that back up the main idea
- themeTermThe lesson or message of a story
- summaryTermA short retelling of the important parts
- sequenceTermThe order in which events happen
- causeTermWhy something happens
- effectTermWhat happens as a result
- compareTermTo tell how things are alike
- contrastTermTo tell how things are different
- factTermSomething that can be proven true
- opinionTermWhat someone thinks or feels
- inferenceTermA smart guess from clues
- predictionTermA guess about what will happen next
- context cluesTermHints in the text that help explain a word
- author's purposeTermWhy the author wrote it: to inform, persuade or entertain
- point of viewTermWho is telling the story
- visualizeTermTo make a picture in your mind while reading
- connectionTermLinking a text to yourself, another text, or the world
- text featureTermA heading, caption or bold word that helps readers
- headingTermA title for a section
- captionTermWords that explain a picture
- glossaryTermA mini dictionary at the back of a book
- indexTermAn alphabetical list of topics at the back with page numbers
- table of contentsTermA list of chapters and page numbers at the front
- bold printTermHeavy type that shows an important word
- diagramTermA labeled drawing
- genreTermA type of writing
- fictionTermMade-up stories
- nonfictionTermTrue information
- narratorTermThe one who tells the story
- dialogueTermCharacters talking
- conflictTermA struggle between forces
- climaxTermThe most exciting part
- resolutionTermThe way the story's problem ends
- moodTermThe feeling of the story
- toneTermThe attitude of the author
- evidenceTermFacts or quotes that prove a point
- claimTermA statement you argue is true
- reasoningTermThe logic linking evidence to a claim
- fluencyTermReading smoothly with expression
- decodingTermUsing letter sounds to read a word
- comprehensionTermUnderstanding what you read
- skimTermTo read quickly for the main idea
- scanTermTo look quickly for specific information
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