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Author's Purpose, Plot, Theme Answer Key

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THEME
#1 True or False: A theme can be written in one or two words. What is FALSE?
#2 The theme of the Three Little Pigs. What is Hard Work Pays Off?
#3 An author usually writes what the theme is at the beginning of the story. What is FALSE?
#4 The theme of The Ugly Duckling. What is Being Different is What Makes Us Special?
#5 The theme of Beauty and the Beast. What is Don't Judge a Book By It's Cover?
AUTHOR'S PURPOSE
#1 A commercial. What is To Persuade?
#2 The Sunday comics is an example of this Author's Purpose. What is To Entertain?
#3 A true story written about the life of Abraham Lincoln. What is To Inform?
#4 An advertisement selling Nike shoes. What is To Persuade?
#5 The novel, Lupita Manana. What is To Entertain?
Plot
#1 Explains how the conflict is resolved. What is the Resolution?
#2 Introduces the characters, setting, and hints at the conflict. What is the Exposition?
#3 Develops the conflict and builds suspense. What is the Rising Action?
#4 The most exciting part of the story or the turning point. What is the climax?
#5 Suspense eases and the conflict begins to come to a close. What is the Falling Action?
Literary Terms
#1 The problem in the story. What is Conflict?
#2 A series of events in the story. What is the Plot?
#3 The message about ______ or ____________ is the theme. What is life or human behavior?
#4 The three reasons why an author writes a story. What is To Persuade, To Inform, To Entertain?
#5 What the story is mainly about is called this. What is the Topic or Main Idea?
Literary Terms 2
#1 When something is made up or can not be proved. What is Fiction?
#2 Something that IS true or can be proved. What is a Fact?
#3 When the narrator IS part of theaction, and the story uses me, I, or my. What is First Person Point of View.
#4 She is AS thin as a snake is an example of this type of comparison. What is Simile?
#5 I am a zombie without my coffee is an example of this type of comparison. What is Metaphor?
Final Question
Another word for how a story makes YOU feel. What is Mood?