Elaborative Detail Elaborative Detail Identify Story critical Characters

Elaborative Detail

Elaborative Detail �Identify Story critical Characters, settings, and objects �Use specific rather than general details

Story Critical Characters, Settings, Objects �This story is about exploring a mysterious cave. Inside I discover a talking dragon. The dragon gives me a magical stone to take home with me.

Story Critical Characters, Settings, Objects �A space alien knocked on my door. He captured me and took me in his spacecraft. At a stop on an unusual planet I overpowered him, took over the controls and landed at home.

Story Critical Characters, Settings, Objects �I took a trip to a beautiful rain forest, I met a most unusual creature there. It shared a piece of amazing tropical fruit with me.

Story Critical Characters, Settings, Objects �One Autumn day I strolled along a country road collecting colorful fallen leaves.

Story Critical Characters, Settings, Objects �I baked some delicious chocolate chip cookies with my grandmother in her cozy kitchen.

Irrelevant Details � I put on my nice red jacket and started up the mountainside. The grass was green and they sky was blue. After about an hour of steady hiking I paused and looked behind me. The view from the mountain was unbelievable! I was certainly far from the places I usually explored! I took a deep breath and continued to climb. Thank goodness for my brown leather hiking boots! Just then I saw the opening to a cave. I took out my gray metal binoculars and took a look. It would be cool to go in there, I thought. I crept inside and turned on my red plastic flashlight. The cave was spooky! But, what was that in the corner? It was a skeleton next to a big trunk. The skeleton seemed to be moving.

General or Specific �She wore a really pretty fancy cape. �A cape of purple velvet trimmed in soft white fur covered her shoulders. �The dog had a luxurious reddish coat, long silky ears, and alert black eyes. �It was a nice, awesome dog that looked so cute.

General or Specific �The cake looked really good and delicious to eat. �The double chocolate cake dripped in thick white frosting. �A cute little bird perched there on the brown branch of the tree. �A small, green bird with bluish wings and a delicate yellow beak perched on a branch.

Elaborative Detail �The couch was brown and squat with a pile of cushions covered in graying lace at the far end. A matching brown chair with worn arms slumped at the opposite side of the room. Gray lace curtains hung at the single window between them, and beside the window was a black table supporting an old-time TV set with rabbit ears. �The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson

Elaborative Detail �Sitting behind a small table beneath a sign was a burly, ill-shaven man dressed in a wrinkled uniform of a ship’s low-ranked office. His cap was perched high on his bald head. An unlit cigar dangled from his mouth. �Beyond the Western Sea by Avi

�But I did find one item from the basket that they’d overlooked and left behind: a small polished flute with three small holes toward one end and one toward the other. It looked to have been fashioned from a naturally hollow bone. Probably it was made from an eagle’s wingbone. �Kokopelli’s Flute by Will Hobbs

Question for Critical Character �How tall/big was this character? �How old was the character? �What color hair/eyes? �What kind/color of hair did he/she have? �What kind of marks, scars, or distinguishing characteristics? �How did this character make you feel? �Who or what did this character remind you of?

Questions for Critical Setting �What was the temperature/weather like? �What kinds of trees/plants grew there? �How did the air feel? �What kinds of animals were there? �What kinds of buildings were there? �What kinds of objects were around? �What kind of sounds did your hear? �How did you feel about being there? �What did you smell?

Questions for Critical Object �What color was it? �What did it feel like? �What was its shape? �What size was it? �How old was it? �What was it made of? �What did it smell like? �What kind of sound did it make? �How heavy was it? �Who did it belong to? �Where di it come from? �What did it remind you of?

Story Critical Character- A troll �How big/Small? �What was he wearing? �What kind/color of hair? �What kind/color of eyes?

Story Critical Setting- Autumn �See �Hear �Smell �Taste �Feel

Story Critical object- Jack-O-Lantern �Shape �Color �Texture �Reminds me of. . �I felt…