Theme/Central Idea/Main Idea
Plot and Character Development
Author's Purpose and POV
Text Evidence & CER
Text Structure & Argument
100

What is the theme?

The lesson the characters learn
100
What are the 5 parts of a plot? Explain each

Exposition

Rising Action

Climax

Falling Action

Resolution

100
What are the 3 author's purposes?
Persuade, Inform, Entertain
100
What 3 things does text evidence need?
Quote, author last name, page #
100
What are the 6 text structures?

chronological

spatial

sequence

compare/contrast

cause/effect

problem/solution

200

What is a central idea or main idea?

What's the difference?

The one word idea (not a person, place, or thing) that the story is about

Central ideas are in Informational (non-fiction), Main ideas are in Literary (fiction) texts

200
What is character development?
How a character changes from the beginning to the end
200
What AP is argument? What AP is fiction? What AP is non-fiction?

Persuasive

Entertain

Inform

200
What are the parts of CER?

claim

evidence

reasoning

200
Explain or define each of the 6 text structures

chronological: time order

sequence: step by step, can happen at any time

spatial: space order

Problem/solution: problem and solution given

Cause/effect: what happened and why

Compare/contrast: shows similarities and differences between 2 things

300
How do main idea and theme relate to each other?
The main idea is what the characters learned the lesson about. Take the main idea and put it into a sentence of advice to find theme
300
How do characters develop?
They learn a lesson, grow, change in behavior, etc.
300
What is the author's POV?
How the author feels about the topic
300
Give 2 sentence starters for evidence

in the text it says

the text states

the author tells us

the passage says

300
What are the parts of a thesis?
claim and three reasons
400
In what stories is there a theme?
Fiction
400

The problem of the story?

Where does it get solved?

conflict

in the resolution

400
Something we use to figure out the author's AP and their POV, using the text and our own knowledge
inferencing
400
Give two sentence starters for reasoning

The evidence shows that

The evidence proves

The reason this evidence supports the claim is

400

what is the counterclaim and rebuttal?

Where are these found in an argument?

opposite view point and why they are wrong

near the end, before the conclusion

500
What do we make/use to determine theme, central idea, and main idea?
Inferences
500

**GRAMMAR**

How can you figure out what a word means during the test?

context clues

prefixes/suffixes/root word

500
How would you compare a non-fiction and fiction text about the same topic?

AP is Entertain vs. Inform

Author's POV will change

500
How do reasoning and evidence relate to each other?
Reasoning shows how the evidence backs up the claim.
500

what kind of text is text structure used in?


what's the AP of an argument?

informational


persuade

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