NJSLA Prep ELA

What does the theme of a text mean?

• The lesson or moral of the text.

• The most important idea.

• A summary of the text.

• The setting of the text.

The time and place where a story happens.

• Character

• Theme

• Plot

• Setting

Discover

• To create; put together

• To watch carefully

• Convince

• Find out; explore

The words the characters speak:

• point of view

• suspense

• dialogue

• theme

This is where a story takes place in time and location :

• plot

• character

• setting

• main idea

A character who struggles with an INTERNAL conflict ____.

• has problems with his/her own feelings/thoughts

• has problems with another character

Synonym for Impact

• Result
• Crush
• Influence
• Support

Cite

• Decide; figure out

• To show how to do something.

• To quote a passage, book, author; to refer to an example

• Convince

When an author uses such descriptive words that it paints a picture in your mind:

• mood

• theme

• imagery

• setting

Clues found within a text that will help you determine the meaning of a word or phrase

• Inference
• Context Clues
• Main Idea
• Theme