PARCC Prep ELA

Which statement explains the main difference between the passage from "Face to Face with Sharks" and the passage from "Shark Life"?

• The authors have different reasons for being in the water with a shark.

• The authors have different reactions to being in the water with a shark.

• The authors share experiences with different species of sharks.

• The authors experiences with sharks have different outcomes.

A list of difficult or unusual terms, with definitions, found at the back of a book.

• Title

• Glossary

• Index

• Heading

The main point or meaning the author is trying to explain in the story.

• Main idea

• Character

• Setting

• Plot

The time and place where a story happens.

• Character

• Theme

• Plot

• Setting

The important idea or lesson repeated throughout the text.

• Plot

• Dictionary

• Theme

• Glossary

This gives facts, evidence, details, and other information that support a topic.

• Supporting details

• Introduction

• Plot

• Characters

A short description of something that was said or written, it contains the main idea.

• summarize

• characters

• punctuation

• fiction text

The lesson or moral of a text. It may be about life, society, or human nature

• index

• central message

• title page

• key detail

A person in a story

• setting

• plot

• central message

• character

A person, place, or thing that acts as a subject of a sentence

• setting

• key detail

• character

• noun