Knowledge Check (Q1)

What is THEME?

• What the text is about

• The lesson or moral the author wants to teach the reader

• The way the text is organized

• The reason the author wrote the text

What is the CENTRAL IDEA?

• The lesson or moral the author wants to teach the reader

• The way the text is organized

• What the text is about

• The reason the author wrote the text

Which statement is TRUE for THEME?

• It is universal (applies to everyone)

• It is usually explained in one word

• It is explicitly stated

• It helps the reader define vocabulary words

An example of cause and effect TEXT STRUCTURE is...

• A cook book

• An article titled, "How Air Pollution is Destroying Our Health"

• An essay comparing apples to oranges

• An advertisement for headache medicine

What does P.I.E stand for?

• plot, inference, entertain

• persuasive, informative, explain

• prove, inform, explain

• persuade, inform, entertain

What does P.I.E refer to?

• Central Idea

• Author's Purpose

• Text Structure

• Plot Structure

What happens in the RISING ACTION plot stage of a story?

• The conflict/problem is presented

• The conflict/problem is solved

• The characters and setting are introduced

• It's the turning point of the story

Which TEXT STRUCTURE describes this example:

"I went to the store this morning to buy oranges. When I was walking back to my bike, the bag ripped and oranges fell everywhere! A kind lady stopped to help me gather them. I rode back home and made fresh squeezed orange juice for my family. It was the best orange juice ever!"

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Sequence/Chronological Order

• Problem and Solution

Which PLOT STAGE describes this example:

"Once, in the Land of Small Dragon, a wealthy mandarin lived in a large mansion on top of a hill overlooking a peaceful river. The mandarin had only one daughter, and her face was as beautiful as lotus blossoms in pale moonlight that floated atop the river."

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Resolution

What is the CENTRAL IDEA of this paragraph:

"I’m eleven today. I’m eleven, ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, and one, but I wish I was one hundred and two. I wish I was anything but eleven, because I want today to be far away already, far away like a runaway balloon, like a tiny o in the sky, so tiny-tiny you have to close your eyes to see it."

• Sometimes people feel like disappearing.

• Turning eleven is really hard.

• She feels like a balloon.

• This person is having a bad day, so she wants it to be over already.