PLOT
Theme
Complex Characters
CER and Quotes
Central Idea and Figurative Language.
100

Characters and Setting are introduced.

What is the exposition?

100

It is a complete______.

What is thought or sentence?

100

These two words are used to describe a complex character.

What is round and dynamic?

100

The statement that answers the question.

What is a claim?

100

A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as".

What is a simile?

200

Where central conflict is resolved and narrative concludes.

What is the resolution?

200

This is the definition of theme.

What is the message, lesson, or advice in a story?
200

A flat character.

Who is shallow, one sided?

200

This strengthens your claim.

What is a quote/evidence?

200

Using the human 5 senses to be more descriptive.

What is sensory imagery?

300

In "The Joy Luck Club" this is where the daughter looks in the mirror and realizes that she refuses to be what her mom wants her to be. 

What is the climax?

300

A theme is NOT_____.

What is unique, one word, a topic?

300

A characteristic of a complex character.

What is the protagonist, flawed, realistic, have conflict, have motivation, affect theme?

300

Before a quote, you must include a____.

What is a tag?

300

What the text is about.

What is the central idea?

400

The point of no return.

What is climax?

400

This is a possible theme for this short story: "Vanity and materialism can lead to serious consequences."

What is a theme in "The Necklace"?

400

This is an example of what kind of characterization:

"Before going to bed that night, I looked in the mirror above the bathroom sink, and I saw only my face staring back. I began to cry..."


What is INDIRECT characterization?

400

You MAY NOT use this as a tag.

What is "This quote".

400

This was the central idea in the "Amidst Field of Plenty.." article.

What is the struggles farmworkers to provide food for their own families?

500

In the "Only Daughter", this was the main character's  conflicted motivation.

What is she wanting her father's approval but she couldn't have it because he wanted her to get married and have a family and she wanted to get educated and have a career?

500

The formula for a theme statement.

What is "In (title of story), (author) reveals that (complete thought or sentence)."

500

The three things complex characters affect.

What is theme, plot, and other characters?

500

DO NOT REPEAT YOUR CLAIM IN YOUR ____.

What is reasoning?
500

This is the MAIN difference between a central idea and the theme of a text.

What is what the text is SAYING vs. What the text is teaching me?

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