Genre
Main Idea
Plot
Point of View
Theme
100
This genre is about true events and people.
What is nonfiction
100
The main idea of a passage is what the author says about the topic through these.
What are supporting details?
100
The most exciting part of a story is called this
What is the climax?
100
This is the person telling a story.
What is the narrator?
100
We often say the theme of a story is this.
What is lesson or message about life?
200
A made up story, based around real events that happened in the past, is called this subgenre.
What is historical fiction?
200
A word or phrase that tells what the author is writing about in a passage.
What is topic?
200
The exposition of a passage "exposes" the reader to these 3 items.
What are setting, characters, and point of view?
200
When the narrator uses I, me, or we, it is said the passage is written in this point of view.
What is first person?
200
One might say this is a theme of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
What is respect others and their property?
300
This traditional folklore has gods and goddesses and usually explains a natural phenomena.
What are myths?
300
Do you ever wonder how you taste things? You owe your sense of taste to your taste buds. We have nine thousand taste buds just on the tongue alone. There are also taste buds on the roof of your mouth. You even have taste buds on the back of your throat. We know the author wants us to know this main idea.
What is where taste buds are found?
300
The rising action in a passage begins when the main character encounters this.
What is a conflict?
300
"You should be sure to use the right exit when you leave the building." is written in this point of view.
What is second person?
300
Of this list: the pain of love, the pressure of traditions, a soldier coming home from war, or survival only this one would NOT be a theme of a passage.
What is a soldier coming home for war?
400
Dramas are usuall classified in one of these 2 subgenres.
What are comedies and tragedies?
400
I love the beach. It is such a sunny place. The sand is warm. The water is cool and salty. There is so much to do at the beach. I can collect sea shells. I can build sand castles. I also like to jump in the waves. Most would agree that this is the MAIN IDEA of this passage.
What is "Things to Do at the Beach"?
400
The time and location in which a story takes place is called this.
What is setting?
400
If the first person narrator is a compulsive liar, it is said that he or she is this.
What is unreliable?
400
Most would agree that this is a theme of the Disney movie series Toy Story.
What is friendship or loyalty?
500
These folklore stories usually involve animals and often state a moral at the end.
What is a fable?
500
When a person decides to get a dog, one has many kinds to choose from. As a rule, short-haired dogs are best for cities. Beagles, Boston Terriers, & Dachshunds make good city pets. Great Danes are short-haired, however, they are too big for city living. It is hard in a city to give them all the exercise they need. Setters, Springer Spaniels, and Collies are especially good as country dogs. We know the author is communicating this main idea.
What is "Some dogs are better than others for city life"?
500
Interest and suspense are built during this part of the story
What is the rising action?
500
In this kind of narration the reader learns every characters' thoughts?
What is third person, omniscient?
500
Alvin York was 1 of 11 children that grew up in poverty in Tennessee, with very little education.He became one of the most decorated American soldiers of WWI. He later opened a school to help educate poor mountain boys and girls. We might say this is the theme of this nonfiction passage.
What is perseverance or What is Giving back to your community?
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