FAST ELA Vocab Group 1

The time and place in which a narrative, drama, or film takes place is (a)  

• setting
• central idea
• plot
• illustration
• firsthand account
• secondhand account
• audience
• conflict
• conclusion
• summarize

The end or final part of a story, book, article, conversation, or speech is (a)  

• conclusion
• central idea
• plot
• illustration
• firsthand account
• secondhand account
• audience
• conflict
• summarize
• setting

A piece of writing from the perspective of someone who was at the event when it happened; a journal, an autobiography, a letter are all examples ​ ​of (a)  

• firsthand account
• central idea
• plot
• illustration
• secondhand account
• audience
• conflict
• summarize
• setting
• conclusion

The most important idea, or main point, in a sentence, paragraph or story is (a)  

• central idea
• plot
• illustration
• secondhand account
• audience
• conflict
• summarize
• setting
• conclusion
• firsthand account

To tell just the main idea of a story briefly in your own words is to (a)  

• summarize
• plot
• illustration
• secondhand account
• audience
• conflict
• setting
• conclusion
• firsthand account
• central idea

This is written by someone with knowledge of an event or topic but who did not experience it; newspaper articles and biographies are examples of (a)  

• secondhand account
• plot
• illustration
• audience
• conflict
• setting
• conclusion
• firsthand account
• central idea
• summarize

The main story of a play or book; the storyline is ​ (a)  

• plot
• illustration
• audience
• conflict
• setting
• conclusion
• firsthand account
• central idea
• summarize
• secondhand account

A problem that must be solved is ​ (a)  

• conflict
• illustration
• audience
• setting
• conclusion
• firsthand account
• central idea
• summarize
• secondhand account
• plot

People who watch, read, or listen to something are ​ (a)  

• audience
• illustration
• setting
• conclusion
• firsthand account
• central idea
• summarize
• secondhand account
• plot
• conflict

A visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used to explain or decorate is ​ (a)  

• illustration
• setting
• conclusion
• firsthand account
• central idea
• summarize
• secondhand account
• plot
• conflict
• audience