Elements of Fiction
This is the message, lesson, or moral the author wants you to learn.
What is Theme?
This is the main point or "big idea" found in a nonfiction text.
What is Central Idea?
A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as."
What is a Simile?
This method involves making an educated guess using text clues and prior knowledge.
What is an Inference?
The "R" and "A" in the R.A.C.E. strategy stand for these two steps.
What are Restate and Answer?
The sequence of events in a story: the beginning, middle, and end.
What is Plot?
The way a nonfiction text is organized, such as "Cause and Effect."
What is Text Structure?
A direct comparison that says one thing is another (e.g., "Time is a thief").
What is a Metaphor?
When reading, you should do this to main ideas, key terms, and your own reflections.
What is Annotation?
In an essay, these go in the middle and must include a Topic Sentence and Evidence.
What are Body Paragraphs?
The problem a character faces, which can be internal or external.
What is Conflict?
A statement of belief or opinion that must be supported by facts.
What is a Claim?
This occurs when you give human qualities to non-human things.
What is Personification?
Before guessing on a multiple-choice question, you should eliminate this many wrong answers.
What is two (2)?
This final part of an essay should restate the claim and readdress the hook.
What is the Conclusion?
In this Point of View, the narrator is in the story and uses "I" or "me."
What is First Person?
These are hints within a sentence that help you define a word you don't know.
What are Context Clues?
"I've told you a million times!" is an example of this extreme exaggeration.
What is Hyperbole?
You should always do this because every answer must be supported by evidence.
What is "Go back to the text"?
This strategy is used for constructed responses to ensure a complete answer.
What is R.A.C.E.?
This Point of View uses "he," "she," and "they" to describe characters.
What is Third Person?
These "Five Senses" help a reader picture ideas and feel emotions.
What is Imagery?
Show, Don't Tell" replaces "She was scared" with this type of descriptive writing.
What is Imagery (or Sensory Details)?
These are answers that are "partly true" but are intended to trick the test-taker.
What are distractors?
The very first part of an Intro paragraph, used to grab the reader's attention.
What is a Hook?