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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

This is the time and place where a story happens.

What is setting?

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 do we call the lesson or the message the author wants you to learn from a story?

What is the theme or central message?

100

What is the author's purpose for writing an informational text?

What is to inform?

200

What do we call the smaller pieces of information that "prove" or "back up" the main idea?

What are supporting details?

200

This term refers to the main problem a character faces that drives the action of the story.

What is conflict?

200
My body was still *quivering* after my brother jumped out from behind the bush to scare me.
What is shaking?
200

What does a timeline show you?

What is the events that happened with the dates?

200

Which part of a book would you use to find the definition of a word?

What is the Glossary?

300

True or False: The first sentence of a paragraph is ALWAYS the main idea.

What is false (but sometimes it is true)

300

This is the central message or lesson the author wants the reader to learn (like "honesty is the best policy").

What is the theme?

300

The giant ice cream sundae was so *scrumptious* that I ate the entire thing.

What is delicious?

300

"The sun was a golden coin in the sky." Is this an example of a simile or a metaphor?

What is a metaphor?

300

When an author writes a book to teach you facts about frogs, what is their Purpose?

What is to inform?

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

This is the perspective from which a story is told, often labeled as first-person or third-person.

What is point of view?

400
The student tried to *assimilate* the information so that he could understand how satellites orbit in space.
What is learn?
400
What is a stanza?
What is a section of a poem?
400

What is the text feature that explains what is happening in a specific picture or photo?

What is a caption?

500

If a text has the main idea "Dogs make great pets," name one Supporting Detail that could be in that text.

(Something that proves that dogs make great pets)

500

This element describes the sequence of events in a story, including the beginning, middle, and end.

What is the plot?

500
Where we live in Northern Maine, the winters are quite harsh. Each year we fly to a warm climate for a break from the cold weather. It feels like *utopia* every time we step off the plane at our destination.
What is dreamland?
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?
500

This text feature is an alphabetical list of important words and their page numbers found at the back of the book.

What is the index?