Main Idea and Cause and Effect
One to two words that explain the subject being discussed.
What is topic/subject?
Sofia is being bullied at school by Emma.
What is man vs. man?
Type of nonfiction which is a story of one's own life.
What is autobiography?
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?
When you compare to unlike things using the words like or as.
What is a simile?
Why something happens. It brings about the effect.
What is the cause?
In literature, a struggle between two opposing forces.
What is conflict?
A prefix that means life.
What is bio?
Concludes the action and ensures that all important plot lines have been tied up.
What is the resolution?
The formation or use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.
What is onomatopoeia?
The central point of a piece of writing.
What is the main idea?
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 man vs. himself?
Books that are about real things, people, events, and places.
What is nonfiction?
The beginning of the story, where the characters and setting are introduced.
What is exposition?
Punctuation used in a narrative to indicate speech.
What are quotation marks?
The effect of this sentence: The wasteful energy use of many Americans has contributed to climate change.
What is climate change?
Jack must survive a cold winter in the wilderness.
What is man vs. nature?
An essential trait of many types of literature that helps the reader understand the subject in context to the historical time period and place he or she was born in.
What is setting?
Events in a story that build up the conflict.
What are rising action events?
Compares two unlike things but does not use like or as.
What is a metaphor?
A fact, a statement, a quote, or event, that backs up a key idea.
What is a supporting detail/evidence?
Jemelie is opposed to the arranged marriage with Rakesh that her parents and whole family expect her to have because she wants to study medicine.
What is man vs. society?
A prefix that means to write.
What is graph?
Events that lead up to the resolution of a story.
What are falling action events?
Giving an object or an animal human traits.
What is personification?