Story Basics
What is the sequence of events in a story, including parts like exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?
Plot
What are the reasons why a character acts a certain way?
Character motivation
What is proof from the story, like a quote or detail, to back up your answer?
Text Evidence
What are hints or clues about what will happen later in the story?
Foreshadowing
What is the main purpose of a persuasive text?
To convince you to agree with an idea
What is the time and place where a story happens, which can affect characters' actions, problems, and choices?
Setting
What is the opposite of external conflict
Internal Conflict
What is a smart guess using clues from the text plus what you already know?
Inference
What is giving human actions or feelings to non-human things, like "the wind howled"?
Personification
The climax of a story is?
The most exciting or tense moment
What is the big lesson or message about life in a story, not just what happens?
Theme
What is a problem inside a character's mind or feelings, like fear vs. courage?
Internal Conflict
What do you use—such as surrounding words, prefixes/roots, or a dictionary—to figure out unknown words?
Context clues / Word meaning
What builds excitement by keeping you guessing and not revealing what happens next right away?
Suspense
Making an inference means?
Guessing something using clues + your own knowledge
In the plot of a story, what is the most exciting or tense moment?
Climax
What is Mrs.Moody's favorite color?
Green
What is the process of checking if you understand as you read and fixing it if you're confused?
Monitoring comprehension
What is the perspective where the story uses "I" and shows only one character's thoughts?
Point of view (specifically first-person)
What is proof from the story to back up your answer, often a quote or detail?
Text evidence
In the plot, what is the part that builds up tension after the beginning but before the climax?
Rising Action
What are the spoken words between characters that show personality, move the story, and build excitement?
Dialogue
If the text says "The sky darkened and thunder rumbled," what reading skill helps you predict a storm?
Inference
Why did the author write this—to persuade, inform, or entertain?
Author's purpose
How is information organized, like cause/effect for explaining something such as tornadoes?
Text structure