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Main Idea & Theme
Conflict
Pick This! Not your nose!
Plot
Figurative Language
100
One or two words that explain the subject of the story.
What is the topic?
100

Sofia is being bullied at school by Emma. Man vs. Self; Man vs. Man; Man vs. Nature; Man vs. Society

What is man vs. man conflict?

100

A genre in nonfiction which is a story of one's own life.

What is an autobiography?

100

The highest point of interest, the place where ideas are drawn together, an important turning point in a series of actions, or the most suspenseful event in a story.

What is climax?

100

When you compare to unlike things using the words "like" or "as".

What is simile?

200
Someone learns a lesson after the ______ is resolved.
What is the conflict?
200

When trying to solve a conflict, we state our claim and back ourselves up with ________ from other authors.

What is evidence?

200

Happy Joyful Cheerful Jolly Delighted

What is a synonym?

200

Concludes the action and ensures that all important plot lines have been resolved.

What is resolution?

200

The use of words to make sounds.

What is onomatopoeia?

300
The central point of a piece of writing.
What is main idea?
300

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. Man vs. Self; Man vs. Man; Man vs. Nature; Man vs. Society

What is man vs. self?

300

Books that are about real things, people, events, and places.

What is nonfiction?

300

The beginning of the story, where the characters and setting are introduced.

What is exposition?

300

An over-the-top exaggeration.

What is hyperbole?

400
If at first you don't succeed, try again.
What is the theme?
400

Jack must survive a cold winter in the wilderness. Man vs. Self; Man vs. Man; Man vs. Nature; Man vs. Society

What is man vs. nature?

400

An essential trait of a story that helps the reader understand the subject in a specific time and place.

What is setting?

400

Events in a story that build up the conflict.

What is the rising action?

400

A play on words to make the story more fun to read.

What is pun?

500
A theme does NOT include these elements.
What are characters from the story? What are details from the story?
500

Jemelie is opposed to the arranged marriage with Rakesh that her parents have set up because she wants to study medicine. Man vs. Self; Man vs. Man; Man vs. Nature; Man vs. Society

What is man vs. society.

500

Confident, but also nervous!

What are antonyms?

500

Events that lead up to the resolution of a story.

What is the falling action?

500

Giving an object or an animal human traits.

What is personification?