Plot Points
Spot the Turn
The Message
Context Clues
Random
100

Readers meet characters or a setting has been established. 

What is the introduction?

100

True or False: the climax happens at the very beginning of the story. 

What is false?

100

The life lesson or author's message. 

What is the theme?

100

True or False: only the sentence with the word can help you determine the meaning. 

What is false?

100

The time and place where a story happens. 

What is setting?

200

An important moment happens. 

What is the climax?

200

The turning point of a story is called this. 

What is climax?

200

A character faces a scary challenge but decides to try anyway shows this. 

What is courage or grit?

200

"The arid desert cracked under the sun." Arid means . . . 

What is dry?

200

These make "good" questions (2). 

What is open-ended and not directly answered in reading?

300

Tension builds at this point in the story. 

What is the rising action?

300

This usually happens to a character at the climax. 

What is change?

300

A theme usually tells us something about how people _. 

What is act?

300

This makes a word powerful. 

What is unfamiliar -not commonly used or heard? 

300

A passage patroller looks for this. 

What is a text connection?

400
A character questions whether they can trust the adults around them is considered this part of the plot. 

What is the rising action?

400

The turning point is at this part of the story. 

What is the middle or peak?

400

True or False: a theme statement is not one word. 

What is true?

400

"She felt elated after winning." Elated means . . . 

What is happy?

400

This part of your evidence tracker where you notice a character's change. 

What is stand-out shift?

500

Also known as denouement.

What is the resolution?

500

The part of your evidence tracker to describe the turning point of your story. 

What is power moment? 

500

The lesson or message of a story is often most clear during this part of the story. 

What is the climax?

500

Powerful words make the story more _ by creating pictures or strong feelings for the reader. 

What is vivid?

500

The part of the setting that describes the surroundings, weather, or atmosphere. 

What is the environment?