Theme & Central Idea
This is the lesson or message of a story.
What is theme?
This is when you use quotes or details from the text to support your answer.
What is citing textual evidence?
This is the main point of a nonfiction text.
What is central idea?
This is the struggle between opposing forces in a story.
What is conflict?
A comparison using “like” or “as.”
What is a simile?
A theme is usually stated this way (directly or indirectly)
What is indirectly?
This is what you should include after a quote to show where it came from
What is a citation/page number?
Name one type of text structure.
What is cause/effect, problem/solution, compare/contrast, etc.?
This is the perspective from which a story is told.
What is point of view?
A comparison that does NOT use “like” or “as.”
What is a metaphor?
This is how a theme develops across a text.
What is through characters, events, and conflict?
Strong evidence should be _____ (relevant or irrelevant)
What is relevant?
Signal words like “because” and “therefore” show this structure.
What is cause and effect?
First-person point of view uses these words
What is I, me, we?
Giving human traits to non-human things.
What is personification?
Name one theme from a text we have read this year
What is _______?
This is one way to introduce a quote in writing
What is “According to the text…” or similar?
This is the author’s reason for writing.
What is author’s purpose?
A conflict from a text we have read this year
What is ____________?
Exaggeration for effect.
What is hyperbole?
How theme (fiction) is different from main idea (non-fiction)
What is theme = message about life; main idea = what the text is mostly about?
It is important to explain your evidence because _____
What is to show how it supports your idea?
Name the three common author’s purposes.
What is to inform, persuade, entertain?
Point of view affect a story by ________
What is it influences what the reader knows or sees?
Authors use figurative language for these reasons.
What is to create imagery and deeper meaning?