Quiz 1 ML

What is textual evidence?

• You claim.

• What the author thinks about a topic.

• Proof from the text to support your answer.

• An explanation in your own words about your claim.

The best definition of theme is...

• The lesson the author is teaching. 
• The message the author is sending.
• A word that summarizes the story.
• The character's main problem.

What is the main difference between THEME and MAIN IDEA. 

• Theme is a universal lesson and main idea is what a story is about.
• Theme is what a story is about and main idea is the universal lesson it teaches.
  

What is conflict?

• Two characters getting along.
• A struggle between two opposing forces.
• The climax in a story.
• Part of the resolution.

What is the climax of a story?

• end of the story where the problems are solved

• the beginning of the story

• the turning point: the greatest suspense or action

• failing to solve the problem

What is your full name?

Which part of the plot
creates tension and suspense?

• rising action
• climax
• falling action
• resolution

Which part of the plot
creates tension and suspense?

• rising action
• climax
• falling action
• resolution

What is the 'falling action' of a story?

• When the problem is becoming fixed, leading to the end

• The most interesting part

• When information is given about characters

• The ending

A related SERIES of EVENTS that BUILD TOWARD the point of greatest interest or THE CLIMAX.

Ask: What events make the conflict WORSE?

• Falling Action

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax