Mostly what the story is about; most important point.
What is the Main Idea?
100
Unamed or whose name is not known.
What is anonymous?
100
When and where the story takes place; helps identify what is happening in the story and why characters behave as they do; why events happen and why problems occur.
What is the setting?
100
Responsible to someone or for something.
What is accountable?
100
Spreadable by touch or through the air .
What is contagious?
200
A reason something happens/ “why did this happen?” and the result/”what happened?”
What is cause and effect?
200
Having the power to change things or people.
What is influential?
200
What happens or the actions that take place .
What is the plot?
200
The possibility that something will happen.
What is potential?
200
Possible.
What is feasible?
300
A conflict or difficult situation that requires resolution and the action that leads to the resolution of the difficulty
Problem and solution?
300
To make people obey a rule or law or command.
What is enforce?
300
Process by which students select, organize, and briefly state big ideas by using own words .
What is summarize?
300
The facts or objects that make you believe something is true.
What is evidence?
300
To bother or upset someone.
What is agitate?
400
Author’s message to the reader; sometimes explicitly stated, sometimes inferred .
What is theme?
400
Relating to the central government of a country.
What is federal?
400
The order in which events happen in a text .
What is the sequence of events?
400
A change.
What is a transition?
400
To contribute to the growth of something .
What is to promote?
500
Relate previous knowledge to clues in the text to arrive at one or more possible estimations .
What is inference?
500
A song or poem that tells a story.
What is a ballad?
500
Telling how 2 or more things are alike or different.