MCA ELA Review

In a piece of narrative text, what is the "theme"?

• What the story is about

• The topic of the text

•   A message the author is trying to get across to the reader

• Where and when the story happens

One way you could figure out the theme is to...

• Skim through the story

• Just read the beginning of the story

•  Think about what the character has learned

• Read the ending of the story

What is the main difference between THEME and MAIN IDEA. 

• Theme is a universal lesson and main idea is what a story is about.

• Theme is what a story is about and main idea is the universal lesson it teaches.

Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower; 
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf,
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day
Nothing gold can stay. 
What is the central theme of this poem?

• Sunsets and sunrises are beautiful

• Nature and beauty are permanent.

• Wonderful and beautiful things only last a short while

Which of the following might describe the setting of a story?

• a frog and a witch

• happy and loving 

• a high school in 1956

• love is stronger than fear

During which part of a story is the setting usually introduced?

• exposition

• rising action

• climax

• resolution

Which part of the plot
introduces the characters?

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

Which part of the plot is the most intense?

• falling action

• exposition

• rising actions

• climax

Suspense and tension starts to build during the....

• exposition

• rising action

• falling action

• resolution 

A character who struggles with an INTERNAL conflict ____.

• has problems with his/her own feelings/thoughts

• has problems with another character