Song library
6 songs
Characters and Major Events
DEFINITION: Character-a person in a novel, play, or movie. Major Events- The important events in a story that cause the greatest impact HOW TO: “The Boy” in the story “The boy who cried wolf” is a character. “The boy told a lie by saying that there was a wolf when there was not” was a major event because it caused people to not believe him when the real wolf came and ate the sheep. Everyday Use: Characters and major events are used daily in stories and movies we watch.
Common Types of Texts
Common Types of Texts Definition: A Common Type of Text is any type of writing that is seen regularly or frequently throughout your life. For example a few would be stories, poems, dramas, and literary non-fiction. Everyday Use: We use and see common texts everyday when we read a book, write a story, or study for our next test.
Main Idea
Definition: A main idea is important information that tells more about the overall idea of a paragraph or section of a text. Everyday Use: If your doing anything that involves finding information that tells about an overall idea, then you are using main idea. For example, when you are trying to give a book, song or poem a title you are looking for information that perfectly describes the overall theme. This is called using Main Idea.
Paraphrase
DEFINITION: A brief statement, written in your own words, restating the writer’s main points. Paraphrase, although written in your own words, is used to relate the details or the development of an idea in your source. Importance: Paraphrasing assists your readers in increasing a detailed understanding of your information, and, indirectly, to acknowledge your theory as well founded. There are two main purposes for using paraphrase in your compositions. HOW TO: 1. Use paraphrase to offer information or data whenever there is no special purpose for using a direct quotation. . . . 2. Use paraphrase to offer your readers a precise and complete account of ideas selected from a source--ideas that you plan to clarify, understand, or disagree with in your essay. . . . Everyday Use: Paraphrasing is used every day in reading, writing and daily conversation.
Plot
DEFINITON: Plot Definition. Plot is a literary term used to describe the events that make up a story or the main part of a story. These events relate to each other in a pattern or a sequence. The structure of a novel depends on the organization of events in the plot of the story. HOW TO: Here is an example of a simple plot . Man meets woman, man loses woman, man wins woman and they live happily ever after Everyday Use: Plots are used every day in the stories we tell, books we read and in movies and TV.
Settings
Setting Definition Setting is where an event takes place. A setting can be very specific or very broad. Ranging from a specific room in a house, to an entire state or even country. It all depends on the course of action involved.