Plot and Theme Review

What is the definition of theme?

• topic/subject + message = theme

• topic of the story

• life lesson, meaning, moral, or meaning about life or human nature communicated by a literary work

• the reason why an authors writes

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

What is a context clue?

• a summary of the story

• hints found within a sentence, paragraph, or passage that a reader can use to understand the meanings of new or unfamiliar words

• hints about what is going to happen next in the story

• the ending of a story

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RF.5.4C

What is indirect characterization?

• a type of foreshadowing

• understanding things about a character based on what the author states directly in the text

• identifying theme of a passage

• the process of describing a character through that character's thoughts, actions, speech, and dialogue.

What is a setting in a story?

• lesson being taught

• where and when the story occurs

• the events happening in the story

What is conflict?

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

What is point of view?

• the time and place the story occurs

• the author's purpose

• who is telling the story

• the main events

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

What is the goal of writing a narrative?

• to create a masterpiece

• to have the reader make a choice

• to attract the readers at the beginning, keep them engaged until the end

• To create and ending that is always funny

Tags

CCSS.W.5.3A

CCSS.W.5.3B

CCSS.W.5.3D

Exposition

• Setting and background info

• Turning point

• The end

• Events after the climax

Tags

CCSS.W.5.3A

Rising Action

• Events leading to the climax

• Events after the climax

• Setting and background

• Point that hooks the reader's attention

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.W.5.3A

Climax

• Events leading to the resolution

• Point that grabs the reader's attention

• Turning point where the protagonist makes a tough decision

• All conflicts are resolved and the story is over