Main Idea & Cause and Effect
One to two words that explain the subject being discussed in a text.
What is topic?
Sofia is being bullied at school by Emma.
What is man vs. man.
A genre in nonfiction which is a story of one's own life is written by the subject.
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 to unlike things using the words like or as.
What is a simile?
Why something happens.
What is the cause?
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.
What is 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 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?
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 global warming.
What is global warming?
Jack must survive a cold winter in the wilderness.
What is man vs. nature?
An essential trait of a biography (or any text) 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 is the rising action?
Tells us when a character is talking and identifies which character is talking.
What is a dialogue tag?
A fact, a statement, a quote, or event, that backs up a key idea.
What is a supporting detail?
Jemelie is opposed to the arranged marriage with Rakesh that her parents have set up because she wants to study medicine.
What is man vs. society?
A root word that means to write.
What is graph?
Events that lead up to the resolution of a story.
What is the falling action?
Giving an object or an animal human traits.
What is personification?