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Central Idea Task
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Show what you know about central idea and various writing strategies (creative techniques).
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Which type of conflict BEST fits the video?
Character vs. Character
Character vs. Self
Character vs. Society
Character vs. Environment
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Which writing strategy means "when a problem builds up over time?"
Tone
Conflict
Tension
Setting
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Which writing strategy refers to the narrator's position in relation to what is happening in the story?
Allusion
Meter
Plot
Point-of-view
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A central idea statement should NOT...
Be able to stand on its own as a sentence
Be stated as a life lesson or universal truth
Include the names of characters in the story
Be a universal statement that can apply to anybody
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This writing strategy involves a struggle between two opposing forces.
Conflict
Inciting Incident
Denotation
Mood
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What is a central Idea?
What literally happens in the story
An idea that is not too far right or left
A life lesson or universal truth that can be found in a text
A thought in the middle of a sentence
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Which writing strategy is when an author compares a person or thing to something else using "like" or "as"?
Metaphor
Setting
Imagery
Simile
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How many sentences should a central idea be?
5
3
1
4
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Which is an example of personification?
Fire was clever
Our soldiers are as brave as lions
Those shoes are fire!
Sick as a dog
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Which writing strategy is the use of sensory details to describe what is happening?
Allusion
Antimetabole
Imagery
Setting
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Which central idea BEST fits with this video?
Don't trust what adults say.
Watermelons are dangerous.
Always eat the seeds.
Listen to the advice of elders.
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What is tone?
the attitude of the author or speaker of a text
a character's mindset toward another character
a comparison between two different but similar things
printer ink
13
Which of the following is NOT a central idea statement?
Families can be a source of pain.
family troubles
No two families are alike.
Families can be a source of inspiration.
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Which word best describes the tone in this GIF?
excited
cautious
angry
calm
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Which writing strategy is when an author repeats important words or phrases?
Repetition
Allusion
Metaphor
Point-of-View
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what is characterization?
the main message or moral the author reveals in a story.
the way in which a writer reveals the personality of a character
an object that represents something else
the main character in a story
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Which writing strategy describes the time, place, and culture of a story?
Simile
Setting
Theme
Metaphor
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What is symbolism?
Something that stands for or represents something else.
A funny comic.
A clue or hint at something later in the story.
A contradiction between what happens and what is expected.
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Which writing strategy is when an author compares a person or thing to something else?
Antithesis
Metaphor
Point-of-View
Tone
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What is Personification?
an object that represents a larger idea
when a dog eats a cat's food
a very personal message
describing a nonhuman animal or object as if it is human
