ELA Common Core

Narrative set in modern times: Example; Holes

Narrative set in the past that gives a fictional account of historical figures or events: Example: Number the Stars

Short Narrative with a plot and characters: Example: The Ransom of Red Chief; The Pedestrian

Long narrative with a plot and characters: The Giver

A short story with a moral or lesson; often has animal characters: Example: The Ant and the Grasshopper

A traditional story that tells about a culture's heroes, ancestors, or gods; may explain how the natural world was created or how it works: Example: "How Sun and Moon Came to Be"

Literary work intended to be performed by actors for an audience.

Author of a play

Major division of a play

subdivision of an act with a fixed setting and continuous time frame.

Words spoken by characters to each other.

speech delivered by one character while he or she is alone onstage.

Tells actors what to do in a play.

literature written in verse, or in short lines.

Groups of lines within a poem