Main Idea and Cause and Effect
You can find the main idea of a sentence by looking for supporting _________________
What are details.
Sofia is being bullied at school by Emma.
What is person vs. person.
A genre in nonfiction which is a self-written story of one's own life.
What is autobiography.
The highest point of interest, the place where ideas are drawn together, an important turning point in a series of actions, or the most forceful event in a story.
What is climax.
When you compare to unlike things using the words like or as.
What is simile.
Why something happens.
What is the cause?
A struggle between to opposing forces.
What is conflict.
A prefix that means life.
What is bio.
Concludes the action and ensures that all important plot lines have been tied.
What is resolution or denouement.
The formation or use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.
What is onomatopoeia.
The central point of a piece of writing.
What is main idea.
John is afraid of flying in a plane, but it is his only choice if he wants to see his grandfather before he passes away.
What is person vs. self
The genre that covers books that are about real things, people, events, and places.
What is nonfiction.
The beginning of the story, where the characters and setting are introduced.
What is exposition.
Punctuation used in a narrative to indicate when a character is speaking.
What are quotation marks.
A woman brings her umbrella to work. It rains.
Which is the effect?
What is a woman brings her umbrella to work?
Jack must survive a cold winter in the wilderness.
What is person vs. nature
An essential trait of a biography that helps the reader understand the subject in context to the historical time period and place he or she was born in.
What is setting?
Events in a story that build up the conflict.
What are rising action events?
When someone exaggerates to the extreme to illustrate a point.
What is hyperbole?
The main idea of an entire piece of writing is the theme or thesis. The main idea of a paragraph is found in ___________________.
What is the topic sentence?
Jemelie is opposed to the arranged marriage with Rakesh that her parents have set up because she wants to study medicine.
What is person vs. society.
What are adjectives?
Events that lead up to the resolution of a story.
What are falling action events.
Giving an object or an animal human traits.
What is personification.