English I Leap Prep

is the background for the action of a story and includes the time and place

• setting

• rising action

• exposition

• resolution

underlying message of a written work that reflects a certain outlook on life

• theme

• mood

• tone

• conflict

If you don't curtail your spending, you'll be broke in no time at all! Which word is a synonym of "curtail"?

• a. reduce

• b. follow

• c. behind

• d. buy

What the passage is mainly about.

• claim

• central idea

• support

• evidence

noun, obsolete, ready for retirement

• hemorrhaged

• extricate

• calibrated

• superannuated

The author's opinion or message about a certain subject. The author will use specific sentence and paragraph structure, connotation/diction, rhetorical devices, figurative language, imagery, etc. to communicate this message to the reader.

• claim

• central idea

• dialogue

• purpose

persuade, inform, or entertain

• author's purpose

• tone

• mood

• theme

conversation between characters

• dialogue

• conflict

• foreshadowing

• flashback

Sequence of events in a story (introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution)

• plot

• foreshadowing

• conflict

• theme

Christmas is a time when Dad reverts to his childhood. I really think he looks forward to Santa’s visit more than any other member of the family. Mom says that he’ll always be a child during this season. What does “reverts” mean in the above passage?

• stands up straight

• peeks at presents

• drinks too much egg nog

• goes back to being what he was