Central Idea: Fiction
What is central idea?
The main idea of a text, or what a text is mostly about
What are the 4 steps you follow to find the central idea in information text?
1) "This text/article" 2) Verb reflecting text structure 3) Topic/Claim 4) Key Details/Supporting Details
What does tone mean?
How the narrator or main character feels about a topic or subject in the text.
What is dialogue?
Conversations and quotes between characters in a story.
"Which" are in phrases that refer to how many objects?
One
What are the 5 steps to find central idea in fictional text?
1) Someone 2) Want 3) But 4) So 5) Then
What are places you can find key details in the text?
Titles, subheadings, captions on pictures, quotes from other people.
What does mood mean?
What word means the same as "sophisticated"?
1) stuck up 2) elegant 3) childish 4) old fashioned
Elegant
A complete sentence
What does "someone" refer to?
The main character or characters of the story.
What are the 5 text structures?
Description, Sequence, Cause and Effect, Problem and Solution, Compare and Contrast
Does the word "sarcastic" describe tone or mood?
Tone
"Inference" shares a meaning with which word?
1) Difference 2) Informal 3) Conclusion 4) Dramatic
Conclusion
What is the figurative language?
"Her eyes were pearls of honey"
Metaphor
What story structure element does "but" refer to? (like setting, climax, etc)
The main conflict in the story.
Which text structure uses the phrase "as a result"?
Cause and Effect
Does the word "relatable" describe tone or mood?
Mood
"Behind the jangling, the voices of reporters, photographers, and editors overlapped in aa wash of background noise."
What word would you use to describe this room?
1) damp 2) small 3) lively 4) soothing
Lively
What does FANBOYS stand for?
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
What step in writing the central idea does the climax occur in?
5) Then
What text structure uses a lot of dates or steps?
Sequence
Teacher must be satisfied with your answer!
"He broke through the streets demurely enough, but on reaching the open country roads his spirit broke forth in wild jubilation..."
"His spirit broke forth" lets us know what about this character?
He doesn't like the city, he likes the countryside.
What two parts make up the conclusion paragraph of an argumentative essay?
1) Restating of thesis statement (claim and supporting details) 2) Real world connection or "so what?" statement