Crosswalk Workbook

  Fiction---Not real story  Non-Fiction---Real story  Poetry---Stanzas, Lines  Meter---Rhyme and Rhythm  Drama—Play—Scene and Act, Stage Directions, Dialogue Literary Structure and Genre

 Plot and Setting

  Elements that Reveal Character Traits  Actions---what they do  Dialogue—what they say  Thoughts and emotions—what they feel or thinks  Interaction with other characters---  Author’s Direct Statements---what the author says Character

  The central message or lesson of a story!  Common Themes  If at first you don’t succeed, try again.  Sacrifices often bring rewards.  Good triumphs over evil  Be happy with what you have. Theme

  Analogy --Illustrates a relationship between 2 unfamiliar things  Allusion—an indirect reference to a person, place, event or object Martin Luther King Speech---”I have a dream of a promise land” Figurative Language

  Dramatic Irony---reader or audience knows something the character does not.  Verbal Irony—use of words to express something different from literal meaning –often sounds like sarcasm  Example---”I love it when we have a test on Monday!”  Pun—a play on words The best way to communicate with a fish is to drop them a line. The best way to stop a charging bull is to take away his credit card. Irony and Pun

  An argument in a persuasive written product can reflect the author’s point of view. Point of View

  Compare is to note the similarities  Contrast is to note the differences Compare and Contrast

  1. Sequence or Chronological Recipes, directions, manuals  2. Cause and Effect reason something occurs and what happens as a result  3. Problem and Solution problem is stated and solution given Text Structure

  Primary and Secondary Sources Primary comes directly from the period or person you are researching. –autobiography, journal, letter Secondary discusses information presented in other locations --- textbooks, encyclopedias, newspapers websites Using Resources

  Using Context Clues—look around the word for clues  The people of the town were warned not to eat the tainted fish. The local newspaper published a bulletin in which readers were clearly told that eating fish that had a disease could be very dangerous. Finding Word Meanings

  Root is the main part of the word  Affix is the set of letters attached to the beginning or end of the word.  Prefix---beginning  Suffix--ending Roots and Affixes

  Denotation---Dictionary Definition  Connotation—Emotional Weight a word carries Denotation and Connotation