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Theme
Characters
Setting
Plot
Summarize
100
A life lesson that the author wants you to know.
What is theme?
100
A person or animal who takes part in the events of the story.
What are characters?
100
Where the story takes place.
What is the setting?
100
Is what happens in the story.
What is a plot?
100
A shortened version of a longer text.
What is summarize?
200
•Persistence pays off •Honesty is better than cheating •It’s more important to be nice than to be popular •Be careful what you wish for •Love is the most important force
What are common themes?
200
The two ways that the reader can figure out about a character from the text.
What is dialogue and action?
200
When the story takes place.
What is setting?
200
The characters you focus on when studying plot.
What is main characters?
200
A summary focuses on these three things.
What is character, setting and plot?
300
Name two ways to find a them of a text.
What are author tells you and make an inference?
300
Describes the character by what you can see which is brown hair, freckles and glasses.
What is outside traits?
300
“It was a dark, stormy night. The moon was hidden behind the clouds and the sky was without stars. It was pitch black outside, the perfect time to tell ghost stories.” This is an example of
What is a setting?
300
This organizer allows you to map out the story, building to the climax.
What is a plotline?
300
Your summary should be this short.
What is 3 to 5 sentences (about ONE paragraph)?
400
The theme of this text: I looked at all the candy I could buy. I had the dollar, right here in my hand, but suddenly I didn’t feel hungry. I wished that I hadn’t stolen the dollar. I wished that I hadn’t taken the money from my brother’s bank. “I don’t think I want to buy anything today,” I muttered quickly to the clerk. Then I ran from the store. I had learned something important—it’s better to be honest than to have money.
What is better to be honest than to have money?
400
The character is trying something new (action) and says "I'm nervous but I'll try my best." (dialogue). So the character is brave.
What is inside traits?
400
The setting is: The summer heat was blazing down on their backs, making her black bathing suit feel as though she was roasting on a BBQ grill. They dodged in and out of the spraying water to feel a bit cooler.
What is outside on a warm, summer day?
400
In the book Charlotte’s Web, Wilbur is trying to avoid being killed and turned into bacon. This is an example of ____.
What is a plot?
400
Give your opinion, tell your feelings, copy from the text and tell every single detail. These are examples of...
What are things NOT to do?
500
Theme of this poem: A day to play got washed away. Rain comes down, covers town. Eyes are sad. Rain is bad! Come downstairs. Get the chairs. Blankets, sheet, looking neat! Inside forts instead of sports Rainy day tears can turn into cheers.
What is good can come from bad or positive attitude can help to overcome obstacles?
500
Think F.A.S.T.
What is feelings, actions, sayings and thoughts?
500
The setting is: The sun was getting low in the sky. The soft, wet flakes had melted into the sleeves of his jacket, making it freeze against his skin. He could feel his socks had soaked completely through, but he wanted to get in just one more thrilling ride down that steep hill.
What is in the evening (at night) and outside in the snow?
500
The four elements of a plot in order.
What is conflict, rising action, climax and resolution?
500
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