Theme
This is the term for the central message, "big idea," or universal lesson that an author wants the reader to take away from a story.
What is:Theme
This term refers to the specific details, examples, or quotes from a passage that a reader uses to prove their answer is correct.
What is text evidence?
This figure of speech compares two unlike things using the words "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
In this type of voice, the subject of the sentence performs the action, such as in "The chef cooked the meal."
what is active voice
A complete sentence must have these two basic parts: one that tells who or what, and one that tells the action.
What are a subject and a predicate?
What is the place in where the story takes place
What is the setting
When a writer uses the exact same words from a story in their own work, they must use these punctuation marks to show they are "borrowing" the text.
What are quotation marks?
This is when an author gives human qualities, such as emotions or actions, to non-human objects or animals.
What is personification?
In this type of voice, the subject receives the action, often making the sentence feel longer or less direct.
What is passive voice?
This type of sentence is made of one independent clause and expresses a single complete thought.
What is a simple sentence?
what is a person place or thing
a NOUN
This common writing strategy—represented by an acronym—stands for Restate, Answer, Cite, and Explain.
What is the R.A.C.E. strategy?
A huge exaggeration used to make a point, such as saying, "I’ve told you a million times!"
What is a hyperbole?
To turn "The dog chased the cat" into passive voice, the sentence would start with this character.
Who is the cat? (The cat was chased by the dog.)
ou create this type of sentence by joining two independent clauses with a comma and a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS).
What is a compound sentence?
While a "topic" might be one word like "friendship," a complete theme statement must be written in this grammatical form to express a full thought or opinion.
What is a full sentence?
To "cite" evidence doesn't always mean using a direct quote; you can also do this, which means putting the author's ideas into your own words while still giving them credit.
What is paraphrasing?
This sound-based device occurs when words like "bang," "hiss," or "thud" imitate the natural sounds of a thing.
What is onomatopoeia?
Passive voice sentences often use a form of this "helping verb" (like is, was, or were) followed by a past participle.
What is the verb "to be"?
This type of sentence contains one independent clause and at least one dependent (subordinate) clause.
What is a complex sentence
This literary term refers to a recurring image, word, or symbol that appears throughout a story to help reinforce the central theme.
What is a motif?
While "explicit" evidence is stated directly in the text, this type of conclusion requires "reading between the lines" by combining text evidence with your own background knowledge.
What is an inference?
This is a comparison between two unlike things without using like or as—often saying one thing is another, like "the classroom was a zoo."
What is a metaphor?
This is a popular "trick" for identifying passive voice: if you can add these three words after the verb and the sentence still makes sense, it is likely passive
What are "by zombies"? (Example: The town was destroyed... by zombies!)
This common error occurs when two independent clauses are joined together with only a comma and no conjunction.
what is a complex sentence