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Main Idea and Details
Characters and Stories
Text Structure
Context Clues
The ELA
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The main idea of a passage is: a) How the story starts b) How the story ends c) What the whole passage was mostly about d) What the first sentence is about.
What is C?
100

What is the thing that describes who a character is on the INSIDE?

What is a character trait?

100

When an author uses lots of words like first, then, next, finally, what structure are they using?

What is chronological order?

100
We had to *vacate* the building when the tornado siren sounded because no one could be left in side.
What is leave empty?
100

What is a line?

What is a "sentence" in a poem?

200
How many details make a strong paragraph? a) 1 b) 3 c) 8 d) 10
What is b?
200

What is the place a story is located called?

What is the setting?

200
What is the text structure below? A paperback and a kindle are both ways to read a book. Paperbacks take up a lot of space on your book shelf, but one kindle can hold thousands of books in just the space of a tablet.
What is compare and contrast?
200
My body was still *quivering* after my brother jumped out from behind the bush to scare me.
What is shaking?
200

What should ALWAYS come at the beginning of a sentece?

What is a capital letter?

300
In a persuasive passage, details are also called...
What is reasons?
300

What are the words to help you find the details in a text?

What is who, what, when, where, why and how?

300
What is the text structure below? When I unrolled the carpet on my living room floor, I accidentally bumped into the table. The table fell with a crash and the green potted plant on top of it tumbled onto the hardwood floor. What a mess!
What is cause and effect?
300
The giant ice cream sundae was so *scrumptious* that I ate the entire thing.
What is delicious?
300

What is the space next to the text where you can write in notes called?

What is the margins? 

400
What is the main idea of this paragraph? I believe that children should not have homework on the weekends. Children needs time to play. They also need to spend time with their families. Some kids have extra activities like karate or dance. Homework for children on the weekends is a bad idea.
What is children should not have homework on the weekends?
400
What makes characters act the way they do?
What is motivation?
400
What kind of writing is shown below? (Hint: look at the punctuation!) "When will we eat dinner?" I asked mom. Mom said, "Soon."
What is dialogue?
400

After running three laps around the playground, Mia was completely *exhausted* and could barely catch her breath.

What is very tired?

400
What is a stanza?
What is a section of a poem?
500

How many sentences make up the first detail of this paragraph? My birthday cake was delicious and beautiful. The flavor was chocolate. It was swirled with vanilla. It tasted great with milk. The decorations included roses and my name in script writing. I loved how my cake tasted and looked.

What is 3?

500
What is it called when a character has a tough problem they need to overcome?
What is an obstacle?
500

What is the storyline of a fictional story called? (Think: rollercoaster)

What is plot?

500

When the lights suddenly went out and everything was dark, Carlos felt *terrified* and started to shake.

What is very scred?

500
Describe the term "point of view."
What is the way a character tells something the way THEY see it, and this might be different from how another character sees it?