CA3 Study Guide

_______is more than a topic and must be given in a complete sentence, tell what the entire paragraph or passage is about, and must be supported using supporting details.

• Theme

• Key Details

• Central Idea

• Claim

Sets the stage of the plot, usually introduces the characters and setting.

• Plot

• Exposition

• Theme

• Rising action

Used to determine the meaning of an unknown word in a text.

• Definitions

• Synonyms

• Background Knowledge

• Context Clues

_______=What the text actually says to support an idea or inference from the text.

• Inference

• Evidence

• Context Clue

• Background Knowledge

A play on words, could be a play on the meaning or the sound of a word

• Irony

• Onomatopoeia

• Pun

• Verbal Irony

When and where the story takes place

• Setting

• Plot

• Theme

• Dialogue

The central idea of the paragraph

• Topic

• Key Concept

• Structure

• Refine

Type of writing that asks for an opinion or a point of view

• Arguementative

• Narrative

• Informative

Which word means "is revealed"?

• Introduce

• Exposition

• Emerge

• Diverge

The ____________and the central idea are not the same thing.

• Idea

• Theme

• Topic

• Key detail