Reading Elements

The part of the story that ties up all the loose ends and takes care of the conflict is

• the climax

• the theme

• the resolution

• the introduction

Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?

• exposition

• rising action

• falling action

• resolution

Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?

• climax

• rising action

• falling action

• resolution

Which part of the plot is

the most intense?

• falling action

• exposition

• exposition

• climax

Can theme be found in fiction and nonfiction? 

• True 

• False 

What is theme?

• how the reader feels about the story

• What the main character learns 

• the title

• central message or moral of the story

Which of the following is an example of THEME?

• Carry your laptops with two hands at all times.

• Cereal is the healthiest food you can eat.

• How much wood a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood.

• Life is short; make the most of it.

What is Personification?

• The repetition of usually consonant sounds.

• giving something human qualities

• Big exaggeration

Only the moon watched as the girl ran away from home in the middle of the night.

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Before he was allowed to go to the movies, he had to wash a million dishes by hand

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile