Plot
Conflict
Theme & Main Idea
Text Features
Characterization
100
What is the term we use for "When and where the story takes place"?
Setting
100
What is conflict?
The problem of a story.
100
In the story of The Three Little Pigs, the fact that three pigs build houses to stay safe from a wolf is the Main Idea. The idea that "Hard work and patience pay off" is the ________.
Theme
100
These are short titles found above different sections of an article that help the reader "preview" what each section is about.
Subheadings
100
This is the term for the main character in a story, often the "hero" that the audience roots for.
Protagonist
200
What part of the plot diagram is this?
This is the turning point of the story. Usually the main character comes face to face with a conflict. The main character will change in some way.
Climax
200
What type of conflict is it when a character struggles against themselves?
Internal Conflict/ Individual vs. Self
200
One strategy we learned for creating a summary is the 5w's + H. What do these letters stand for?
Who; What; When; Where; Why; How
200
This text feature provides a brief explanation or description of a photograph, illustration, or map.
Caption?
200
If an author writes, "Sarah was a very impatient and angry person," they are using this type of characterization because they are telling you the trait.
Direct Characterization
300
What part of the plot is this?
This part of the story begins to develop the conflict(s). A building of interest or suspense occurs.
Rising Action
300
What type of conflict is this?
An EXTERNAL conflict that involves the struggle between a character and a killer robot being run by an AI.
Individual vs. Technology
300
How are theme and Main Idea different from one another?
A theme is a general life lesson or moral that the author wants to teach us. A main idea is a specific statement that captures what the article is mainly about.
300
This feature is found at the very front of a book and lists the chapters or sections in the order they appear.
Table of Contents
300
This type of characterization requires the reader to use inferencing skills because the author shows the character’s personality through their actions or dialogue.
Indirect Characterization
400
What are the two important characters of a story called?
(Main Character)
(Character that creates a problem for the main character)
Protagonist and Antagonist
400
Define EXTERNAL CONFLICT.
When a character struggles with someone or something outside of themselves.
400
What is a strong theme of this passage?
She was in dead last—so far behind the pack that the crowd had already shifted their attention to the medal ceremony beginning on the infield.
Every instinct told Maya to just step off the track and disappear into the locker room. Who would notice? But then she saw her younger brother, Leo, leaning against the chain-link fence. He wasn't looking at the winners; he was looking right at her, holding a crumpled sign that read GO MAYA. Maya gritted her teeth, ignoring the sharp ache in her side. She didn't pick up enough speed to catch the others, but she straightened her posture and pushed through the final curve. When she finally crossed the finish line, the stadium was nearly quiet, but she stood tall as she headed toward her brother.
Answers may vary. Up to teacher discretion.
E.g. Finishing what you started often matters more than being better at it than everyone else.
400
An author would use this specific graphic feature to show the internal parts of an object or to explain how a complex process works using labels.
Diagram
400
A character who undergoes a major internal change, learns a lesson, or grows as a person by the end of the story is called this.
Dynamic Character
500
Draw a plot diagram and label all 7 parts
Exposition, Initiating Event, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution, Conflict
500
List all 6 types of conflict we have learned.
(Hint: Individual vs._____)
Individual vs. Self
Individual vs. Nature
Individual vs. Society
Individual vs. Individual
Individual vs. Supernatural
Individual vs. Technology
500
What is the main idea of this passage?
When engineers in Japan first built the "bullet train," they ran into a noisy problem. Because the train traveled at such high speeds, it created a loud "tunnel boom" every time it entered or exited a tunnel. This sound was so intense that it woke up neighbors and even damaged the tunnels. To fix this, an engineer named Eiji Nakatsu—who was also a birdwatcher—turned to nature for inspiration.
He noticed the kingfisher, a bird that dives from the air into water with hardly a splash. The bird’s long, wedge-shaped beak allows it to slice through different air pressures smoothly. Nakatsu redesigned the front of the train to mimic the kingfisher’s beak. The result was a train that was 10% faster, used 15% less electricity, and most importantly, was much quieter. Today, this practice of "biomimicry"—copying nature to solve human problems—is used to design everything from safer helmets to more efficient wind turbines.
Answers may vary. Use teacher's discretion.
E.g. Engineers can solve complex human design problems by imitating efficient solutions found in nature
500
Name at least four text features present in this article:
Heading; subheading; picture; sidebar; bolded words; illustration; caption
500
Name what each letter stands for in the STEAL acronym.
Says
Thinks
Effect on others
Actions
Looks