Literature
The central message or point the author is trying to convey.
What is the main idea of a story?
an adjective
What part of speech describes a noun
A comparison using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
The part of the RACE writing strategy used when a quote is provided.
What is the Cite Evidence
The reason the author wrote the text (e.g., to inform, persuade, entertain).
What is an author's purpose?
The underlying message or lesson learned about life that the story explores.
What is a theme?
The form of the noun "mice"
What is the correct plural form of "mouse"?
A direct comparison that does not use "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
The part of the RACE writing strategy used when the question is repeated
What is the Restate
A story about a person's life written by someone else.
What is a biography?
Proof from the text that supports your answer or claim.
What is textual evidence?
In this sentence, "The playful puppy chased the ball," the puppy represents
What is the subject of the sentence
Giving human qualities to non-human things.
What is personification?
The part of the RACE writing strategy used when the response is given for clarity, and becomes the topic of the written response.
What is the Answer
A story about a person's life written by that person.
What is an autobiography?
Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution.
What are the main parts of a plot?
A sentence with two or more independent clauses
What is a compound sentence?
An exaggeration used for effect.
What is hyperbole?
An elaboration on an answer in a written response
What is Explain
A story that is not true.
What is a fiction book?
The part of the plot where the wolf is trying to blow down the last pig's house.
In the story of "The Three Little Pigs," what is the climax?
Three homonyms, one indicates a place, one shows possession, and one is a contraction of "they are."
What are "there," "their," and "they're"?
The type of figurative language used in "The wind whispered secrets through the trees."
What is personification.
The part of the RACE strategy that is missing or incorrect when a text is not given credit, quotation marks are not used, and the person saying the quote is not mentioned.
What is Cite Evidence
__________books are made up, and _______books are based on facts.
What is the difference between a fiction and a non-fiction book?