Something you read that has front and back covers and contains pages.
What is a book?
100
The thoughts, feelings, or actions that defines a 'character.'
What are character traits?
100
The main character of a literary work--Wilbur in Charlotte's Web, Catherine in Rules, Palmer in Wringer, or Meg and Charles Wallace in A Wrinkle In Time.
What is a protagonist?
200
The people, plants, animals, or objects that think, feel, act, and are a focus of the story.
What are characters?
200
Context clues that are found 'right there' in a text.
What are explicit clues?
200
A character or force against which another character struggles.
What is an antagonist?
300
The time, place, or location that a story takes place.
What is the setting?
300
Small, important bits of information that help back up a claim or point.
What are supporting details?
300
The conversation of characters in a literary work. In fiction, dialogue is typically enclosed within quotation marks. In plays, characters' speech is preceded by their names.
What is dialogue?
400
A struggle or fight between opposing forces within a story.
What is conflict?
400
Context clues that require some logical thinking by the reader.
What are inferential clues?
400
A brief story with an explicit moral provided by the author. Fables typically include animals as characters. Their most famous practitioner in the west is the ancient Greek writer Aesop, whose "The Dog and the Shadow" and "The Wolf and the Mastiff" are famous examples.
What is a fable?
500
The facts or information indicating whether a belief, proposition, or claim is true or valid
What is evidence?
500
The main idea of a literary work learned from its details of language, character, and action. Usually a general idea and inferred from the text.
What is theme?
500
The use of words to imitate the sounds they describe. Words such as 'buzz' and 'crack' are examples.