Main Idea and Cause and Effect
Conflict
Miscellaneous
Plot
Figurative Language
100
One to two words that explain the subject being discussed.
What is topic.
100
Sofia is being bullied at school by Emma.
What is external (person vs person).
100

A genre in nonfiction which is a story of one's own life.

What is autobiography.

100
The highest point of interest, the place where ideas are drawn together, an important turning point in a series of actions, or the most forceful event in a story.
What is the climax.
100
When you compare two unlike things using the words like or as.
What is simile.
200
Why something happens.
What is the cause?
200
A struggle between two opposing forces.
What is a conflict.
200
A prefix that means life.
What is bio.
200
Concludes the action and ensures that all important plot lines have been tied.
What is resolution.
200
The formation or use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.
What is onomatopoeia.
300
The central point of a piece of writing.
What is main idea.
300
John is afraid of flying in a plane, but it is his only choice if he wants to see his grandfather before he passes away.
What is external (man vs. self).
300
Books that are about real things, people, events, and places.
What is nonfiction.
300
The beginning of the story, where the characters and setting are introduced.
What is basic situation or exposition.
300
The punctuation marks used in a narrative to indicate speech or dialogue).
What are quotation marks.
400
The effect of what is described in this sentence: Cinderella is out in her carriage after midnight.
What is her carriage turns into a pumpkin.
400
Jack must survive a cold winter in the wilderness.
What is external (man vs. nature).
400
An essential trait of a story that helps the reader understand the time period and place of the events described.
What is setting?
400

Events in a story that build up to the conflict.

What is rising action?

400

Lets the reader understand who is talking and in what way when dialogue is used in a narrative.

What are speech tags (He said, she exclaimed, they whined).

500
A fact, a statement, a quote, or event, that backs up a key idea.
What is a supporting detail?
500
Because Jemelie wants to study medicine, she is opposed to the traditional arranged marriage with Rakesh that her parents have set up.
What is external conflict (man vs. society).
500
A prefix that means to see.
What is spec?
500
Events that lead to the resolution of a story.
What is falling action.
500
Giving an object or an animal human traits.
What is personification.
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