Reading Fiction

What is the theme of this story? 

• Don't steal. 

• Don't judge others. You don't know what they are capable of. 

• Being beautiful is the most important thing.

• Swans are prettier than ducks.

_____ is the message or lesson of a story.

What is the theme of the text? Write your answer in a short constructed response. Use the following sentence starters:

The theme of the text is . . . The text says, " . . . "

What is another word for PLOT?

• conflict

• plop

• storyline

• text

What can we look at to characterize characters in fiction? Select all four.

• thoughts

• dialogue

• actions

• setting

• feelings

What do we use to summarize fiction texts? What does each letter stand for?

• BME - beginning, middle, exposition

• BME - behind, median, expand

• SWBST - so, when, but, solution, then

• SWBST - somebody, wanted, but, so then

____ is the emotions that an author shows in their writing.

All of the events in the story leading up to the

climax. The tension in the story is building.

• falling action

• rising action

• exposition

The turning point in the story. The tension is

at its highest point in the story.

• conflict

• climax

• falling action

How is the problem/conflict in the story solved?

• resolution

• exposition

• conflict