First Person Point of View

The story is told by the protagonist or one of the characters who interacts closely with the protagonist or other characters

The author narrates the story using she, he, herself, him, her...

The author tell the story with you, yours, etc.

Second Person Point of View

The author narrates the story using she, he, herself, him, her...

The story is told by the protagonist or one of the characters who interacts closely with the protagonist or other characters

The author tell the story with you, yours, etc.

Third Person Point of View

The author narrates the story using she, he, herself, him, her...

The story is told by the protagonist or one of the characters who interacts closely with the protagonist or other characters

The author tell the story with you, yours, etc.

People are waiting behind a couch with the lights off and a cake

They're going to surprise someone

They are hiding from a murderer

What is the main idea?

Facts that support the main idea

Description of the cause and effect

Key ideas that support the general idea

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Excerpt By Roald Dahl Charlie Bucket stared around the gigantic room in which he now found himself. The place was like a witch’s kitchen! All about him black metal pots were boiling and bubbling on huge stoves, and kettles were hissing and pans were sizzling,and strange iron machines were clanking and spluttering, and there were pipes running all over the ceiling and walls, and the whole place was filled with smoke and steam and delicious rich smells. Mr. Wonka himself had suddenly become even more excited than usual, and anyone could see that this was the room he loved best of all. He was hopping about among the saucepans and the machines like a child among his Christmas presents, not knowing which thing to look at first. He lifted the lid from a huge pot and took a sniff; then he rushed over and dipped a finger into a barrel of sticky yellow stuff and had a taste; then he skipped across to one of the machine sand turned half a dozen knobs this way and that; then he peered anxiously through the glass door of a gigantic oven,rubbing his hands and cackling with delight at what he saw inside. Then he ran over to another machine, a small shiny affair that kept going phut-phut-phut-phut-phut, and every time it went phut, a large green marble dropped out of it into a basket on the floor. What is the main idea?

to learn about the room through Mr.Wonka’s excitement and discoveries

Charlie’s discovery of the gigantic room

seeing the machine that makes green candy

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Excerpt By Roald Dahl Charlie Bucket stared around the gigantic room in which he now found himself. The place was like a witch’s kitchen! All about him black metal pots were boiling and bubbling on huge stoves, and kettles were hissing and pans were sizzling,and strange iron machines were clanking and spluttering, and there were pipes running all over the ceiling and walls, and the whole place was filled with smoke and steam and delicious rich smells. Mr. Wonka himself had suddenly become even more excited than usual, and anyone could see that this was the room he loved best of all. He was hopping about among the saucepans and the machines like a child among his Christmas presents, not knowing which thing to look at first. He lifted the lid from a huge pot and took a sniff; then he rushed over and dipped a finger into a barrel of sticky yellow stuff and had a taste; then he skipped across to one of the machine sand turned half a dozen knobs this way and that; then he peered anxiously through the glass door of a gigantic oven,rubbing his hands and cackling with delight at what he saw inside. Then he ran over to another machine, a small shiny affair that kept going phut-phut-phut-phut-phut, and every time it went phut, a large green marble dropped out of it into a basket on the floor. Which of the following best supports theidea of Mr. Wonka’s excitement?

“like a child among his Christmas presents”

“rubbing his hands and cackling with delight”

“he peered anxiously through the glass door”

Sister Hood of the Traveling Pants Excerpt By Ann Brashares Once there were four girls who shared a pair of pants.The girls were all different sizes and shapes, and yet the pants fit each of them. You may think this is a suburban myth. But I know it's true, because I am one of them —one of the sisters of the Traveling Pants.We discovered their magic last summer, purely by accident. The four of us were splitting up for the first time in our lives. Carmen had gotten them from a secondhand place without even bothering to try them on. She was going to throw them away, but by chance,Tibby spotted them. First Tibby tried them; then me,Lena; then Bridget; then Carmen.By the time Carmen pulled them on, we knew something extraordinary was happening. If the same pants fit — and I mean really fit — the four of us, they aren't ordinary. They don't belong completely to the world of things you can see and touch. My sister, Effie,claims I don't believe in magic, and maybe I didn't then. But after the first summer of the Traveling Pants, I do. What is the main idea?

Four friends were connected through a special pair of pants.

A pair of pants called the Traveling pants.

Carmen finding a pair of pants from a second-hand shop.

Pretty Little Liars Excerpt By Sara Shepard Imagine it's a couple of years ago, the summer between seventh and eighth grade. You're tan from lying out next to your rock-lined pool, you've got on your new Juicy sweats (remember when everybody wore those?), and your mind's on your crush, the boy who goes to that other prep school whose name we won't mention and who folds jeans at Abercrombie in the mall. You're eating your Cocoa Krispies just how you like 'em --- doused in skim milk --- and you see this girl's face on the side of the milk carton. Missing. She's cute --- probably cuter than you --- and has a feisty look in her eyes. You think, Hmm, maybe she likes soggy Cocoa Krispies too. And you bet she'd think Abercrombie boy was a hottie as well. You wonder how someone so . . . well, so much like you went missing. You thought only girls who entered beauty pageants ended up on the sides of milk cartons. Well,think again. What is the importance of all the detailsabout the narrator’s day by the pool?

to show she is ordinary like the reader

to emphasize what she likes to do

to remind the reader they were once in middle school

to scare the reader about missing people

The Isle of the Lost Excerpt By Melissa de la Cruz Once upon a time, during a time after all the happily-ever-afters, and perhaps even after the ever-afters after that, all the evil villains of the world were banished from the United Kingdom of Auradon and imprisoned on the Isle of the Lost. There, underneath a protective dome that kept all manner of enchantment out of their clutches, the terrible, the treacherous, the truly awful, and the severely sinister were cursed to live without the power of magic. King Beast declared the villains exiled forever. Forever, as it turns out,is quite a long time. Longer than an enchanted princess can sleep. Longer,even, then an imprisoned maiden’s tower of golden hair. Longer than a week of being turned into a frog, and certainly much longer than waiting for a prince to finally get around to placing that glass slipper on your foot already.Yes, forever is a long, long, long time. Ten years, to be specific. Ten years that these legendary villains have been trapped on a floating prison of rock and rubble. Okay, so you might say ten years isn’t such a long time, considering;but for these conjurers and witches, viziers and sorcerers, evil queens and dark fairies, to live without magic was a sentence worse than death. (And some of them were brought back from death, only to be placed on this island—so, um, they should know.) Without their awesome powers to dominate and hypnotize, terrorize and threaten, create thunderclouds and lightning storms, transform and disguise their features or lie and manipulate their way into getting exactly what they wanted, they were reduced to hardscrabble lives, eking a living selling and eating slop, scaring no one but their own minions, and stealing from each other. It was hard even for them to imagine they once had been great and powerful, these poisoners of forest apples and thieves of undersea voices, these usurpers of royal powers and owners of petulant mirrors. Now their lives were anything but powerful. Now they were ordinary. Everyday. What is the main idea?

All the villains of the world were forced to live ordinary lives without their magic and powers.

Without their awesome powers, the villains were reduced to hardscrabble lives.

The United Kingdom of Auradon imprisoned all the villains on the Isle of the Lost.

Forever is a very long time, longer than an enchanted princess can sleep.

Sea of Monsters: Percy & the Olympians Excerpt By Rick Riordan My nightmare started like this.I was standing on a deserted street in some little beach town. It was the middle of the night. A storm was blowing.Wind and rain ripped at the palm trees along the sidewalk.Pink and yellow stucco buildings lined the street, their windows boarded up. A block away, past a line of hibiscus bushes, the ocean churned. Florida, I thought. Though I wasn’t sure how I knew that. I’d never been to Florida. Then I heard hooves clattering against the pavement. I turned and saw my friend Grover running for his life. Yeah, I said hooves.Grover is a satyr. From the waist up, he looks like a typical gangly teenager with a peach-fuzz goatee and a bad case of acne. He walks with a strange limp, but unless you happen to catch him without his pants on (which I don’t recommend), you’d never know there was anything unhuman about him. Baggy jeans and fake feet hide the fact that he’s got furry hindquarters and hooves. Grover had been my best friend in sixth grade. He’d gone on this adventure with me and a girl named Annabeth to save the world, but I hadn’t seen him since last July, when he set off alone on a dangerous quest—a quest no satyr had ever returned from. Why does the author most likely include this excerpt?

to explain the background of his friend Grover

to show what is happening during the storm

to imply the main character is in danger

to express his interest in visiting Florida

A Series of Unfortunate Events #1: The Bad Beginning Excerpt By Lemony Snicket If you are interested in stories with happy endings,you would be better off reading some other book.In this book, not only is there no happy ending,there is no happy beginning and very few happy things in the middle. This is because not very many happy things happened in the lives of the three Baudelaire youngsters. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire were intelligent children, and they were charming, and resourceful, and had pleasant facial features, but they were extremely unlucky, and most everything that happened to them was rife with misfortune, misery, and despair.I'm sorry to tell you this, but that is how the story goes. The narrator believes the reader…

likes stories with happy endings.

The Scorch Trials Excerpt By James Dashner She spoke to him before the world fell apart.Hey, are you still asleep?Thomas shifted in his bed, felt a darkness around him like air turned solid, pressing in. At first he panicked; his eyes snapped open as he imagined himself back in the Box--that horrible cube of cold metal that had delivered him to the Glade and the Maze. But there was a faint light, and lumps of dim shadow gradually emerged throughout the huge room. Bunk beds.Dressers. The soft breaths and gurgly snores of boys deep in slumber. Relief filled him. He was safe now, rescued and delivered to this dormitory. No more worries. No more Grievers.No more death.Tom?A voice in his head. A girl's. Not audible, not visible. But he heard it all the same, though never could he have explained to anyone how it worked. Exhaling a deep breath, he relaxed into his pillow, his razor-edged nerves settling down from that fleeting moment of terror. He spoke back, forming the words with his thoughts. Teresa? Why does the author include the first line?

to inform us about what is happening

to let the reader know what they are thinking

What is the "mood" of a story?

Emotions audience feels from a given passage.

The time and place of the story.

The summary of events of the story.

The lesson the reader learns from the story.

What is the "tone" of a story?

The author, narrator, or speaker's attitude toward a subject

The feeling the passage evokes from the reader

The time and place of the story

The summary of events in the story

The Food Group Pyramid tells how to eat healthy. It shows how food is divided into six groups. It is important to eat foods that belong to each group every day. The pyramid helps show how much of each you should eat. The author wrote this paragraph mainly to -

provide you information about the Food Group Pyramid

compare the different food groups in the Food Group Pyramid

persuade you to use the Food Group Pyramid to plan your meals

offer a different way to look at food based off of the Food Group Pyramid

Ted was anxious to try out for the basketball team. He had practiced and knew he was ready. Tryouts made him a little nervous, but when he found out he made the team he knew that all the work had paid off. The author wrote this article most likely to -

inform readers about how tryouts can be hard

suggest to readers that they should never do tryouts

It's important to go to school. What you learn in school will help you later in life. It will also help you get a job. If you work hard in school and make good grades, you may be able to go to college and have a career. The main purpose of the selection is to -

convince people to go to school

describe what school is like for kids

list all of the good parts of school

Rules are very important. They help keep things running smoothly. Rules let you know what you can and cannot do whether you are playing a game or explaining how to act in class. You should follow rules; they help people get along. The author wrote this paragraph mainly to -

illustrate the importance of rules

explain where the first rules came from

list the different places rules are used

Do you want to be an artist? Just enroll in "The Awesome Artists" program. Don't let this opportunity or your talent slip away. We guarantee you will be painting like the masters in two weeks for a low cost of $59.95. The author wrote this article most likely to -

convince people to sign up for an art program

show the benefits of The Awesome Artists prgram

compare the cost of an art program to a music program

explain why The Awesome Artists program is the best

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The universal idea of a story is called

tone

mood

plot

theme

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

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alliteration

personification

simile

hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

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The universal idea of a story is called

The opposition of forces that is important to the the plot

The turning point of the story is known as

The sequence of events that make up a story

The repetition of sounds at the beginning of words close by one another

a comparison of two or more things without using like or as

when non human things are given human characteristics

an extreme exaggeration

a vivid description of any of the five senses

The flower danced in the wind as the breeze tickled its petals

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