Big Ideas, Tiny Clues
This is the central message or point of a passage
What is the main idea?
This point of view uses "I" and lets the narrator tell their own story.
What is first-person?
This device shows a scene from the past to explain a character’s present behavior.
What is a flashback?
These are hints in surrounding words or sentences that help you figure out a word’s meaning.
What are context clues?
This sound-based device uses words like “buzz,” “crash,” or “rumble.”
What is onomatopoeia?
These are the facts, examples, or reasons that support the main idea.
What are supporting details?
This point of view uses "he" or "she" and reveals the thoughts of just one character.
What is third-person limited?
This is when an object, action, or color stands for a deeper meaning.
What is symbolism?
These are the words that mean the same as another word.
What are synonyms?
This technique emphasizes ideas or creates rhythm by repeating lines or phrases.
What is repetition?
This is the sentence that tells what the whole paragraph is mostly about.
What is the topic sentence
This point of view uses "he" or "she" and reveals the thoughts of multiple characters.
What is third-person omniscient?
This poetic device repeats words or phrases to create rhythm or emphasize ideas.
What is repetition?
These are the words that mean the opposite of another word?
What are antonyms?
This is the message or lesson a poem teaches, such as “never give up” or “follow your dreams.”
What is theme?
This is the way to find the main idea by looking at the beginning, middle, and end.
What is summarizing?
What is second-person?
This is a comparison using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
These indicate when an action happens or a state exists. There's three of them.
What are verb tenses (past, present, and future)?
This term is used to explain who is talking in a poem. Stories have narrators, but poems have these.
Who are speakers?
A detail that helps explain or prove the main idea.
What is a key detail?
The way point of view helps readers understand the story better.
What is showing thoughts and feelings of the characters?
This is descriptive language that appeals to the five senses.
What is sensory / descriptive language?
These are the paragraphs in poems.
What are stanzas?
This is a collection of different words, mainly poems, and focus on how they all relate to each other.
What is an anthology?