Theme
What is theme?
Theme is the lesson the author is trying to teach readers.
What is point of view?
Who is telling the story and their attitude when telling the story.
What is central idea?
It is what the text or story is about.
Mr. D's real name
Dionysus
The part of a plot diagram where the characters, setting, and main conflict is introduced.
Exposition
Identify the different ways that author's develop the theme of the text?
Character's action, character's feelings, dialogue, conflict and resolution,motif.
Identify the various point of view we have discussed in class.
First POV, Second POV, Third POV Omniscient, Third POV Limited, Third POV Objective
Central idea is also known as ____________
Main idea
Who is the Goddess of Wisdom and Battle Strategy.
Athena
The point in a story where the reader is at the edge of his or her seat.
Climax
What is the theme of the following excerpt:
The Monkey and the Cookies A monkey put his hand into the jar of cookies. He grasped as many as he could possibly hold, but when he tried to pull his hand, he was prevented from doing so by the neck of the cookie jar. Unwilling to lose the cookies, and yet unable to withdraw his hand, he burst into tears and cried bitterly.
If you are greedy, you might get nothing.
When the principal called Martha into the office, she knew what it would be about. He looked uncomfortable and unhappy because he felt guilty about making Martha feel like she might not get the scholarship jacket.
Third Person Omniscient
What is supporting details?
Details that help you figure out the central idea.
Where was Percy, Annabeth, and Grover asked to go to by Ares?
The tunnel of love
The portion of the story where conflict decreases.
Falling action
What is the theme of the following excerpt?
One winter, a monkey found a snake stiff and frozen. The monkey felt sorry for the snake and so he picked the snake up and held it to his chest to try to warm it. The snake was quickly revived by the warmth, and because of its instincts, bit the monkey with all its might.
Even though you have good intentions, others may not
How does the author develop the point of view of the narrator in the following excerpt:
As I walked up the hill, I realized that the atmosphere was just too quiet. There was no sound from the cardinal who was nearly always singing from the top of the maple tree. I thought I saw a shadow move high up on the slope, but when I looked again it was gone. Still, I shuddered as I felt a silent threat pass over me like a cloud over the sun.
Through the narrator's feelings, thoughts and actions.
What is the main idea of this paragraph?
The Erie Canal changed the way people moved goods and supplies in the mid 1800's.The 363 mile canal connected Albany, New York to Lake Erie in Buffalo for the first time. When the canal opened in 1825, building supplies and goods could be transported quickly and cheaply across New York State.Canal boats pulled by mules carried people and supplies the 363 miles.
The Erie Canal changed the way people moved goods and supplies in the mid 1800's
What does the oracle say to Percy?
To go west and face the god who has turned.
To find what was stolen and safely return it,
To be betrayed by a person that calls you a friend, and to fail to save what matters most in his end.
The events leading up to the climax; conflicts are increased and acted out in many ways.
rising action
What is the theme of the excerpt:
Alan had very few responsibilities, but one of them was to clean his room. It did not take long, but Alan still didn't like doing it. One day Alan thought of a way to save some time. Rather than putting everything neatly back in its place, he decided to just throw all the stuff on the floor into his closet. His mom would think that he had cleaned his room, and it would only take a fraction of the time. Alan was pleased with himself for thinking of this brilliant idea. He figured that this would save a lot of time and energy. The next time his room got messy, he piled everything up in the closet and the pile grew. It grew and grew. Then Alan's friend Steve called. "Alan, everyone is playing baseball at the park. Do you want to play too?" Alan loved baseball. "That sounds great, Steve. I'll be right there." Alan went to grab his baseball mitt when he realized that it wasn't in its usual place. Alan thought to himself, I guess it's in the closet. When he opened up the closet door, he was faced with a huge, unnavigable mess, some of which poured out as he opened the door. Alan began digging through the pile in a frantic attempt to find his mitt. He dug and dug, and as he dug his room got messier and messier. Soon his room was the messiest that it had ever been, and he still hadn't found his mitt. Alan sighed in despair. By the time he found his mitt, the boys had long concluded their game and Alan had hours of cleaning ahead of him before he'd be allowed to leave.
Cutting corners comes at a cost; do things right the first time.
If the story is told in first point of view or it is limited to one character in the story, then how are the other characters' thoughts and feelings revealed?
dialogue
What is the central idea of this paragraph?
Kangaroos eat grasses, leaves and roots. The joey lives in the mother's pouch for 9 months.They only like grass that is green and close to the ground.
Name 3 monsters that Percy had to defeat in his quest to get the lightning bolt back.
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On a plot diagram, the exposition always appears (first or last).
first