Theme
Plot
Main Idea/Central Idea
Summarizing
RACE/Essay Outline
100

What is a theme?

What is a moral, message, or lesson of a story?

100

What is a plot?

What is the basic sequence of events?

100

What is a central idea?

What is what the text is mostly about?

100

What is a summary?

What is a retelling of the main events in your own words?

100

What information comes after restating and answering the question?

What is citing textual evidence?

200

A theme is not a ________, it is a sentence.

What is a word?

200

Which part of the plot is the turning point of the story where the problem reaches its peak?

What is the climax?

200

What are sentences that tell more about, describe, or explain the main idea?

What are supporting details?

200

What is the strategy used to summarize a literary passage?

What is the SWBST strategy?

200

What goes in the introduction of a multi-paragraph essay?(In order)

What is the hook, background information, and thesis statement?

300

Themes are not explicit.  They are ________.

What is implied?

300

Which part of the plot is the conclusion that reveals the solution to the problem, or conflict?

What is the resolution?

300

What strategy do you use to find the central idea?

What are the 5W's?

300

What two pieces of information should be contained in the somebody portion of the SWBST strategy?

What is the main character and description?

300

When answering a writing prompt that asks "how" something was developed, how should you respond?

What is showing the way, or process in which it was done?

400

Themes are about the ________ picture.

What is the big picture?

400

What is the basic sequence of events?

What is a plot?

400

What should you look for in the passage to help find the main idea/central idea?

What is the title, headings, key details, illustrations, captions, and repeated words?

400

What portion of the SWBST strategy contains how the character solved the problem?

What is the "so" portion?

400

What are the two things needed to state text evidence to support your answer?

What is a sentence starter and quotations?

500

Themes are advice that can be applied to the ______ world.

What is the real world?

500

Which part of the story develops the problem or conflict?

What is the rising action?

500

What is the big idea?

What is a central idea?

500

What are the three parts that should be included in a summary?

What is the beginning, middle, and end?

500

In what order should a body paragraph be constructed?

What is a topic sentence, detail, evidence, and explanation?