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What does Theme mean?
a) What the author is doing in the text.
b) The main idea of the text
c) The lesson or message of the story
d)

What is Central Idea?
a) the most important point the author makes in a paragraph/text.
b) a character that changes during the story
c) What will happen next in the story
d)

What is the climax?
a) the highest point of interest in a story; the turning point
b) The end of the story
c) The part that introduces characters and setting
d)

What is the Falling Action?
a) at this part of the story, loose ends are tied up
b) the highest point of interest in a story; the turning point
c) the end of the story
d)

What is the Exposition of a text?
a) at this part of the story, loose ends are tied up
b) the end of the story
c) the beginning of a story; we learn about the characters and the setting
d)

What is the Rising Action?
a) at this part of the story, loose ends are tied up
b) the highest point of interest in a story; the turning point
c) At this part of the plot the tension builds; conflicts (or problems) are getting more intense
d)

What is Textual Evidence?
a) restates the central ideas of a text; is shorter than the original; doesn’t include opinions
b) any part of a text that SUPPORTS a reader’s inference
c) At this part of the plot the tension builds; conflicts (or problems) are getting more intense
d)

What is Indirect Characterization?
a) this type of characterization directly STATES the personality of the characters;
b) one’s belief about something; it can’t be proven true
c) this type of characterization requires readers to INFER the personality of a character.
d)

Who are Characters?
a) the highest point of interest in a story; the turning point
b) the people (or animals, etc.) of a text; who the text is about
c) the most important point the author makes in a paragraph/text.
d)

What is Setting?
a) the people (or animals, etc.) of a text; who the text is about
b) one’s belief about something; it can’t be proven true
c) where and when a story takes place
d)

What is an Inference?
a) an educated guess readers make about a character, setting, etc.
b) any part of a text that SUPPORTS a reader’s inference
c) one’s belief about something; it can’t be proven true
d) at this part of the story, loose ends are tied up

What is Internal Conflict?
a) a problem that a character has WITHIN himself.
b) a problem that a character has with someone else, society, or nature.
c) the highest point of interest in a story; the turning point
d)

What is External Conflict?
a) a problem that a character has with someone else, society, or nature.
b) a problem that a character has WITHIN himself.
c) any part of a text that SUPPORTS a reader’s inference
d) restates the central ideas of a text; is shorter than the original; doesn’t include opinions

What is Plot?
a) The sequence of events in a story; what happens.
b) The way words are organized in the text.
c) The most important point the author makes in a paragraph/text.
d) Stated Clearly; directly found in the text.

What is Conflict?
a) an educated guess readers make about a character, setting, etc. Readers use textual evidence and what they already know to
b) The problem in a story
c) where and when a story takes place
d) any part of a text that SUPPORTS a reader’s inference

What does Convey mean?
a) Remind
b) Show
c) Distract
d)

What is an objective Summary?
a) restates the central ideas of a text; is shorter than the original; doesn’t include opinions
b) The place and time where a story meets
c) The main idea of the text.
d)

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