This is the most important idea or point in a piece of writing.
What is the main idea?
100
In fiction, this is the order of events in a story and the relationships between these events.
What is plot?
100
Not all poems have to have do this, but some of them do. It's fun to hear words that sound alike.
What is rhyme?
100
This is the most exciting part of the plot in a piece of fiction writing.
What is the climax?
100
You should always do this before trying to answer questions.
What is read the passage?
200
When you do this, you are expressing the main points of a piece of writing in your own words.
What is summarizing?
200
This is the beginning of a plot, which is where the writer gives us the backstory and introduces characters.
What is the exposition?
200
This is a type of figurative language using "like" or "as" to show a comparison.
What is a simile?
200
Complications create this problem that needs to be resolved.
What is a conflict?
200
You should take a few of these if you begin to feel anxious. Your nerves, and your lungs, will thank you.
What are deep breaths?
300
I can restate what you just told me by doing this.
What is stating it in a different way?
300
These are the people in a work of fiction.
What are characters?
300
We can use these to represent a person, place, or thing beyond the object it describes. For example, an American Flag usually means more than just a piece of striped fabric.
What is a symbol?
300
This type of character is usually the main character, and is often the hero.
What is the protagonist?
300
A random guess requires no thought. This other type of guess draws from information you already know.
What is an educated guess?
400
We compare to show how things are similar, but do this to show how things are different.
What is contrast?
400
A story is more interesting with this type of relationship, which is one action making another thing happen.
What is a cause-effect relationship?
400
When Emily Dickinson wrote "A Narrow Fellow in the Grass", she was making an inference about this type of animal. When she says "the grass divides as with a comb/ A spotted shaft is seen", we know she means this.
What is a snake?
400
Characters engage in this when they are talking to each other in a play.
What is dialogue?
400
If you don't know an answer, guess. Or you could do this, just remember to come back to it later.
What is skip it?
500
Sometimes in nonfiction the writer uses facts to support his own viewpoint, which is another word for this.
What is opinion?
500
If the first sentence to the story is "It was a dark and stormy night.", the mood of the story is probably not happy, but this.
What is scary (gloomy, sad, etc.)?
500
Prose is written in paragraphs, while poems are written in these.
What are stanzas?
500
In the play "Romeo and Juliet", the two main characters married each other in secret even though their families hated each other. This was probably what motivated them to marry.
What is love?
500
You should always do this if you finish your test early to be sure you answered every question and you are comfortable with your answers.