Main Idea and Cause and Effect
Parts of Speech
Miscellaneous
Plot
Figurative Language
100

The main idea being discussed in a piece of literature.

What is topic/subject.

100

A person, place, or thing

What is a noun

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 climax.
100
When you compare to unlike things using the words like or as.
What is simile.
200
Why something happens.
What is the cause?
200

A word that describes a noun

What is an Adjective.

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 main lessons taught by of a piece of writing.

What is theme.

300

What part of speech are these words: And, But, Therefore

What is a conjunction

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 exposition.
300

A common phrase with an unrelated meaning

What is an idiom.

400

The purpose of this sentence: The wasteful energy use of many Americans has contributed to global warming.

What is persuading?

400

Add an interjection to this sentence: I thought, "It's so cold!"

Answers vary, ex: "Wow! It's so cold", "Good Gracious, it's so cold!"

400

Details that help the reader understand the subject in context to the historical time period and place he or she was born in.

What is setting?

400
Events in a story that build up the conflict.
What are rising action events?
400

A great exaggeration

What is hyperbole

.

500

A fact, a statement, a quote, or event, that backs up a key idea.

What is evidence?

500

Find the Prepositional Clause: I sat near the fountain and did some homework while my friend looked on.

What is "near the fountain"

500

A suffix that means to write.

What is -graphy or -scribe?

500
Events that lead up to the resolution of a story.
What are falling action events.
500
Giving an object or an animal human traits.
What is personification.
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