Main Idea and Cause and Effect
One to two words that explain the subject being discussed.
A. TOPIC
B. DISCUSSION
C. COMMUNICATION
A. TOPIC
Sofia is being bullied at school by Emma.
CHARACTER VS. CHARACTER
A genre in nonfiction which is a story of one's own life.
A. BIOGRAPHY
B. RESUME
C. AUTOBIOGRAPHY
C. AUTOBIOGRAPHY
The highest point of interest, the place where ideas are drawn together, an important turning point in a series of actions, or the most forceful event in a story.
A. EXPOSITION
B. CLIMAX
C. CONFLICT
B. CLIMAX
When you compare to unlike things using the words like or as.
SIMILE
Why something happens.
A. EFFECT
B. CAUSE
C. RESULT
B. CAUSE
A struggle between to opposing forces.
A. PROBLEM
B. CONFLICT
C. CHARACTER VS NATURE
B. CONFLICT
A prefix that means life.
BIO
Concludes the action and ensures that all important plot lines have been tied.
A. RESOLUTION
B. CLIMAX
C. RISING ACTION
A. RESOLUTION
The formation or use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.
A. SIMILE
B. ONOMATOPOEIA
C. METAPHOR
B. ONOMATOPOEIA
The central point of a piece of writing.
A. MAIN IDEA
B. TOPIC
C. SUBJECT
A. MAIN IDEA
John is afraid of flying in a plane, but it is his only choice if he wants to see his grandfather before he passes away.
CHARACTER VS SELF
Books that are about real things, people, events, and places.
A. FICTION
B. NONFICTION
C. FAIRYTALE
B. NONFICTION
The beginning of the story, where the characters and setting are introduced.
A. RESOLUTION
B. RISING ACTION
C. EXPOSITION
C. EXPOSITION
Punctuation used in a narrative to indicate speech.
A. QUOTATION MARKS
B. COMMA
C. PERIOD
A. QUOTATION MARKS
The effect of this sentence: The wasteful energy use of many Americans has contributed to global warming.
GLOBAL WARMING
Jack must survive a cold winter in the wilderness.
CHARACTER VS NATURE
An essential trait of a biography that helps the reader understand the subject in context to the historical time period and place he or she was born in.
A. BACKGROUND
B. SETTING
C. LOCATION
B. SETTING
Events in a story that build up the conflict.
A. RISING ACTION
B. FALLING ACTION
C. CLIMAX
A. RISING ACTION
Tells us when a character is talking and identifies which character is talking.
A. COMMA
B. QUOTATION MARK
C. DIALOGUE TAG
C. DIALOGUE TAG
A fact, a statement, a quote, or event, that backs up a key idea.
A. MAIN IDEA
B. TOPIC
C. SUPPORTING DETAIL
C. SUPPORTING DETAIL
Jemelie is opposed to the arranged marriage with Rakesh that her parents have set up because she wants to study medicine.
CHARACTER VS SOCIETY
A SUFFIX that means to write.
GRAPH
Events that lead up to the resolution of a story.
FALLING ACTION
Giving an object or an animal human traits.
PERSONIFICATION