Theme & Central Idea
The theme of a text is its __________.
What is the message or lesson?
Tone is the author’s __________ toward the subject.
What is attitude?
Authors usually write to __________, __________, or __________.
What are inform, persuade, or entertain?
The connotation of a word is its __________ meaning.
What is emotional or implied?
You should use a comma to separate __________ in a series.
What are items or phrases?
The central idea tells the reader the author’s main __________.
What is point or argument?
Mood is the __________ created for the reader.
What is feeling or atmosphere?
The author’s purpose tells us what they want the reader to __________.
What is think, feel, or do?
The denotation of a word is its __________ meaning.
What is dictionary or literal?
A prepositional phrase begins with a __________.
What is preposition?
Name one strategy to find the theme of a text.
What is looking for repeated ideas, conflicts, or lessons?
Give one example of a tone word and one example of a mood word.
What are “hopeful” (tone) and “joyful” (mood)?
Which structure shows how one event causes another?
What is cause and effect?
To find the meaning of an unknown word, use __________ clues.
What are context clues?
An adverbial clause tells when, why, or __________ something happens.
What is how?
How is theme different from central idea?
What is theme = universal lesson; central idea = specific message of that text?
How can an author’s word choice affect tone?
What is it creates emotion or shows how the author feels about a topic?
A text that compares two ideas uses which structure?
What is compare and contrast?
“Freedom fighter” vs. “rebel” shows a difference in what?
What is connotation?
Which pronoun is correct: “Who” or “Whom” for subjects?
What is “Who”?
Two different texts can share the same theme but have different __________.
What are purposes or perspectives?
When analyzing tone, you should pay close attention to __________ and __________.
What are diction (word choice) and imagery?
When an author presents a problem and explains how it’s fixed, what structure is used?
What is problem and solution?
Give one example of a prepositional phrase.
What is “under the table” or “in the morning”?
Subordinate clauses help connect __________ and __________ ideas.
What are main and dependent ideas?