Main Idea and Cause and Effect
Words that explain the subject being discussed.
What is topic.
Sofia is being bullied at school by Emma. Identify the type of conflict.
What is man vs. man.
A genre in 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 climax.
When you compare two unlike things using the words like, than, or as.
What is simile?
Why something happens.
What is a cause?
A problem!
What is conflict.
A story or play about a famous person.
What is biography.
Concludes the action and ensures that all important plot lines have been tied.
What is resolution.
The author's attitude in a story or play.
What is tone?
The central point of a piece of writing.
What is 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. self
Books that are about real things, people, events, and places.
What is nonfiction.
Punctuation used in a narrative to indicate speech.
What are quotation marks.
The effect of this sentence: Wearing hoodies at Fondren Middle School will result in Afterschool Detention. Identify the Cause and the Effect.
Cause is wearing Hoodies at FMS and the Effect is Afterschool Detention.
Jack must survive a cold winter in the wilderness.
What is man vs. nature
An essential trait of a biography 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?
Tells us when a character is talking and identifies which character is talking.
What is dialogue?
A fact, a statement, a quote, or event, that backs up a key idea.
What is a supporting detail?
The Palestinians are at war with Israelis.
What is man vs. society.
A story or play that is not real but interesting.
What is fiction?
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.