ELA 1
The message or lesson found in a text through the main character
What is Theme
A sentence that is usually found at the beginning of the body paragraph of an essay that describes what the paragraph is about?
What is Topic Sentence
A person, place, or thing
What is a noun
What the text is mostly about
What is Central Idea
A piece of information founded in the text to explain an idea
What is supporting detail/evidence
A suffix word that means "the study of"
What is -ology
"The story is about a boy named Michael who played basketball for UNC and then for the NBA Chicago Bulls"
Is this a theme or central idea?
Central Idea
Giving a non-human object, human-like characteristics or descriptions (Spelling counts)
What is Personification
A reference to something that is popular or well-known
What is Allusion
The perspective of a certain character or narrator in which the story is told
What is Point of View
When you compare to unlike things using the words like or as.
What is simile.
the energy an object has because of the movement of its molecules, and heat can be transferred from one object to another object.
What is Thermal Energy
If a sentence begins with the word, "Perhaps", is it a fact or an opinion?
Opinion
Giving an object or an animal human traits.
What is personification.
Name 5 Author's Methods
Anecdote, Example, Dialogue, Inner Thoughts, Allusion, Description