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Introduction to story vocabulary for ELLs

gingerjantz
Created Date 05.10.16
Last Updated 05.11.16
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Topics of this game:
  • Tells you what you need to know before the main action begins
  • The most important or exciting point in a story
  • Clues or hints about what will happen later in a story
  • Everything that happens in a story
  • Who the story is mainly about
  • The events or action leading up to (before) the most important moment in the story
  • Using words to create a picture in the reader's mind
  • What happens after the most exciting point in a story
  • When and where a story takes place
  • Everyone who is in a story
  • What happens when the main problem has been solved
  • The problem in a story
  • The main emotions a story causes the reader to feel
  • How the person telling the story sees things
  • Someone who changes during a story
  • Someone who is the same at the end of a story as s/he was at the beginning of the story
  • The big idea the author of the story wants you to think about
  • The person who tells the story
  • A person or thing that stands for (represents) an idea
  • A character who is different from the main character; s/he is usually used to make the main character look good