Understanding Story Elements

Understanding Story Elements

• The theme of a story is revealed by understanding the message the author sends about the conflict, subject, character, or actions.
• A character in a narrative text is any figure that plays a part in the story.

Informative Texts

• The main idea of an informative text is the central thought of a passage or text.
• Informative texts aim to explain a topic to the reader, not to entertain or persuade.
• The description text structure is used to explain a topic by using characteristics, features, and examples.

Supporting Details and Figurative Language

• Supporting details in a paragraph explain, support, and develop the topic sentence.
• A metaphor is a type of figurative language that compares two things without using "like" or "as."
• A hyperbole is a type of figurative language that is an exaggeration used for emphasis.

Contextual Clues and Book Parts

• Contextual clues, such as definition or description, comparison, or words in a series, help determine the meaning of a word.
• A bibliography is a list of literary works used by the author while writing the text.

Narrative Texts

• The resolution of a narrative text is the end of the conflict.
• A setting in a narrative text can be a physical location, such as a forest, or an object, such as a basket.
• The author's purpose in a narrative text may be to entertain, inform, or persuade the reader.

Word Parts and Facts

• A suffix is a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning.
• An affix is a letter, syllable, or word added to a base word to change its meaning.
• A fact is a statement that can be verified as true, such as "Poodles are a breed of dog."

Test your knowledge of literary elements and learn to analyze stories better. Identify the theme, character, setting, and more in a narrative text. Improve your reading comprehension skills with this quiz.