Fiction
This is the part of a story where the characters, setting, and basic situation are introduced.
What is the exposition?
This is a short statement at the beginning of an article that tells what the text will be about.
What is the introduction?
This is a group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose.
What is a stanza?
This is what you call the people, animals, or creatures that take part in the action of a story.
What are characters?
This is the first part of a constructed response, where you answer the question.
What is the thesis?
This is the sequence of events that make up the main story in a work of fiction.
What is the plot?
This is a statement at the end of an informational text that restates the main idea and summarizes key points.
What is the conclusion?
This is the pattern of beats or stresses in a line of poetry.
What is rhythm?
This is what the character learns or what the reader gets from the story.
What is theme?
This part of a response uses information from the text to support your answer.
What is evidence?
This is the highest point of tension in a story, when the main conflict reaches its most intense moment.
What is the climax?
These help readers find information quickly, such as headings, bold words, and captions.
What are text features?
This is the repetition of similar ending sounds in poetry, often at the end of lines.
What is rhyme?
This is how a character changes or grows throughout a story.
What is character development or character growth?
This part explains how your evidence supports your answer.
What is reasoning or explanation?
This is the struggle between the main character and opposing forces that drives the action in a story.
What is conflict?
This is the way an informational text is organized, such as cause and effect or compare and contrast.
What is text structure?
This is a comparison in poetry that uses 'like' or 'as.'
What is a simile?
This is how an author reveals a character’s personality, such as through their actions, thoughts, and dialogue.
What is characterization?
This is the final sentence that wraps up a constructed response.
What is the conclusion or closing statement?
This is the message or lesson that the author wants the reader to learn from the story.
What is the theme?
This is the main idea of a paragraph or section in an informational text.
What is the topic sentence?
This is the use of vivid language that appeals to the senses in poetry.
What is imagery?
This is what the character struggles with when dealing with their own thoughts or feelings or any opposing forces coming against the main character.
What is internal and external conflict?
This is a longer response that includes multiple pieces of evidence and detailed analysis.
What is an extended constructed response?