Reading Literary Texts
What is the central idea or underlying message of a story?
Answer: What is the theme?
What is the main purpose of a persuasive text?
Answer: What is to convince or persuade the reader?
$100 Question: What is the purpose of a thesis statement in an essay?
Answer: What is to present the main idea or argument?
The part of a story that is the decisive point aat which a reader knows how the conflict was addressed.
What is a climax?
Identify the conflict in the following sentence: "The prince must decide whether to betray his family or save the kingdom."
Answer: What is internal conflict?
What punctuation mark is used to combine two independent clauses?
What is a semicolon?
In the movie Shrek, the story began in the swap?
What is a setting?
How does the author use the text structure of compare and contrast?
Answer: What is to show similarities and differences between two subjects?
List three components of a strong introductory paragraph.
Answer: What are the hook, background information, and thesis statement?
Which type of essay requires you to argue a position using evidence?
Answer: What is an argumentative essay?