Theme and Central Idea
What is theme?
This is the mnoral or life lesson of a story.
What is tone?
The author's attitude towards the topic.
What is a claim?
A person's opinion
Name all five text structures
Cause and Effect, Compare and Contrast, Problem and Solution, Description, Sequence
What book did Rick Riordan write?
The Lightening Thief
What is the main/central idea?
What the passage is mainly about
What is mood?
How the reader feels when reading a text
What is bias?
If an author only gives one side of an argument and ignores the other side, the writing may show this.
A text that explains why something happened and what happened as a result uses this structure.
Cause and Effect
This planet is known as the Red Planet.
Mars
If a passage explains how vaping affects teen brains and gives scientific facts, the central idea is most likely about this.
The armful effects of vaping.
If the author describes dark clouds, strong winds, and people running for cover, the reader can infer this is his tone about his topic.
Frustrated, angry, scared
“All students should wear uniforms because it improves focus and reduces bullying.” Does this sentence contains a claim?
Yes
When an author shows how two things are alike and different, the structure is this.
Compare and Contrast
Who is married to Jay-z?
What is the theme of "Beauty and the Beast"?
Don't judge a book by its cover
What is the tone?
Recycling is extremely important to the environment. The big corporations are trying to pollute the water just to make a profit.
The tone is annoyed, activated,
What is the opposing viewpoint to the author’s claim?
A counterclaim
A text that gives step-by-step instructions, like a recipe or directions, uses this structure.
Sequence
What is the capital of China?
Beijing
This is the difference between a topic and a thematic statement?
You turn the topic into the theme/life lesson
What is the tone of this passage? The Fantastic Four are extraordinary examples of superheroes. They can easily defeat any enemy.
Proud, determined
Facts, statistics, expert opinions, and examples from texts used to support a claim are called this.
Text Evidence
What is the text structure? Tigers are eating all of the plants, so we planted more.
Problem and solution
Which movie franchise is Vin Diesel a part of?
Fast and the Furious