Main Idea and Summarizing
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
Literary Elements
Language
100
One to two words that explain the subject being discussed.
What is topic.
100
Meaning very large or important.
What is major.
100
Words found on the top of a dictionary page.
What are guide words?
100
The time and place of a story.
What is setting?
100
When you compare to unlike things using the words like or as.
What is simile.
200
Important information that supports the main idea
What are details?
200
To change or affect something.
What is to influence.
200
A prefix that means "do again".
What is re-.
200
Concludes the action and ensures that all important plot lines have been tied.
What is resolution.
200
Words that are used to signal time or another piece of information to the reader.
What are transition words?
300
The sentence that tells the topic and controlling idea, usually found at the beginning of the paragraph.
What is the topic sentence?
300
To leave behind.
What is to abandon?
300
Books that are about REAL things, people, events, and places.
What is nonfiction.
300
The main events of the story.
What is plot.
300
Punctuation used to indicate speech or a direct statement taken from the text.
What are quotation marks.
400
The effect of this sentence: The wasteful energy use of many Americans has contributed to global warming.
What is global warming.
400
To not give some something they need
What is to deprive?
400
Another name for a story.
What is a narrative?
400
The author's message.
What is theme?
400
Comparison not using like or as to compare two unlike objects.
What is metaphor.
500
To summarize you must do these three things.
What is to identify the topic, give two important details, and use your own words?
500
The way products and services are created, bought, and sold.
What is economy.
500
A prefix that means "not".
What is un-?
500
Words used to describe a character.
What are character traits.
500
The part of writing that restates the thesis statement and adds a final thought.
What is the conclusion.
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