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What's the big idea?
If I only had a theme...
Let me infer...
Elements of a story
Antonyms, Synonyms, and other terms,
OH MY!
100
It is what a story is mostly about.
What is the Main Idea?
100
Identifying this can help you to figure out the theme of a story.
What is a moral or lesson?
100
This is when you take what the text actually says and add your own knowledge to say what you think is happening.
What is making an inference?
100
The events that make up a story.
What is a plot?
100
A word that means the same as another word.
What is a synonym?
200
These are sentences which which contain details that "hold up" the main idea.
What are supporting details or ideas?
200
You can ask yourself this when trying to figure out the theme of a story.
How has the character changed? What has the character learned? What have I learned?
200
Randy Orton told Daniel Bryan, "You will never beat me in a match!" Daniel Bryan answered, "You are wrong, I WILL beat you!" After their match, Randy Orton looked upset while Daniel Bryan held up the championship belt. The text only tells you what was said between the two wrestlers, but based on what you know, make an inference about what happened in their match.
Daniel Bryan beat Randy Orton. YES! YES! YES!
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This is the main problem of a story.
What is the conflict?
200
A word that means the opposite of another word.
What is an antonym?
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Fill in the blank: The main idea is __________ to a story, unlike theme.
What is "Specific"...?
300
Fill in the blanks: The theme of a story is different from the main idea because a theme is _______ and not ________ to a single story.
What is "abstract" and "specific"...?
300
Mr. Shipley saw that Jo Jo's shoes were untied. Mr. Shipley told Jo Jo to tie her shoes. Jo Jo ran around the corner of the school. When Mr. Shipley walked around the corner to check on her, he found that Jo Jo was sitting, holding her knee. She was crying. What happened to Jo Jo?
She fell down and hurt her knee because her shoes were untied.
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The people you meet in a story.
What are characters?
300
Plentiful and scarce are examples of this.
What are antonyms?
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The main idea in an expository text can usually be found here.
What is the title or the topic sentence?
400
A Fox once saw a Crow fly off with a piece of cheese in its beak and settle on a branch of a tree. "That's for me, as I am a Fox," said Master Reynard, and he walked up to the foot of the tree. "Good day, Mistress Crow," he cried. "How well you are looking today: how glossy your feathers; how bright your eye. I feel sure your voice must surpass that of other birds, just as your figure does; let me hear but one song from you that I may greet you as the Queen of Birds." The Crow lifted up her head and began to caw her best, but the moment she opened her mouth the piece of cheese fell to the ground, only to be snapped up by Master Fox. "That will do," said he. "That was all I wanted. In exchange for your cheese I will give you a piece of advice for the future: "Do not trust flatterers." "Do not trust flatterers" is an example of this.
What is a theme?
400
Pete called Ted Tuesday afternoon and invited him to come to his house after dinner to watch a movie. It had been a long, boring day, and Ted was excited to have something to do. After dinner, he hopped on his bike and pedaled over to Pete's house. The house was dark, and when he rang the bell, there was no answer. Ted turned around, hopped back on his bike, and rode home. What had Ted concluded?
Nobody was home.
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The moral or lesson of a story.
What is the theme?
400
This is a synoym for humongous.
What is enormous or huge?
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A Fox once saw a Crow fly off with a piece of cheese in its beak and settle on a branch of a tree. "That's for me, as I am a Fox," said Master Reynard, and he walked up to the foot of the tree. "Good day, Mistress Crow," he cried. "How well you are looking today: how glossy your feathers; how bright your eye. I feel sure your voice must surpass that of other birds, just as your figure does; let me hear but one song from you that I may greet you as the Queen of Birds." The Crow lifted up her head and began to caw her best, but the moment she opened her mouth the piece of cheese fell to the ground, only to be snapped up by Master Fox. "That will do," said he. "That was all I wanted. In exchange for your cheese I will give you a piece of advice for the future: "Do not trust flatterers." The main idea of this story is...
The fox wanted to get the cheese so he tricked the crow.
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In a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart's content. An Ant passed by, bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest. "Why not come and chat with me," said the Grasshopper, "instead of toiling and moiling in that way?" "I am helping to lay up food for the winter," said the Ant, "and recommend you to do the same." "Why bother about winter?" said the Grasshopper; "We have got plenty of food at present." But the Ant went on its way and continued its toil. When the winter came the Grasshopper had no food and found itself dying of hunger - while it saw the ants distributing every day corn and grain from the stores they had collected in the summer. Then the Grasshopper knew: It is best to prepare for days of need. What is the theme of this story?
It is best to prepare for days of need.
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"Achoo!" Patti sneezed. She sneezed again and then a third time. She felt very warm and her head hurt. She dragged herself out of bed and called her boss. She told her boss she wouldn't be going to work. Why isn't Patti going to work?
She is sick.
500
When and where a story takes place.
What is the setting?
500
Instead of using a dictionary or glossary, readers use these to figure out the meaning of an unknown word as they are reading.
What are context clues?