Cluster 1 Informational
To quote as evidence.
What is citing?
The underlying message, big idea, or critical belief about life that the author is conveying.
What is theme?
The way an author looks at a topic or the ideas being described.
What is viewpoint?
The correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when used at the ends of lines of poetry.
What is rhyme?
To look for differences and similarities.
What is comparing?
The main thought of a passage usually found in the beginning paragraphs.
What is central idea?
This is gathered from the original source or other texts to support an idea or answer a question.
What is textual evidence?
How the information within a written text is organized.
What is text structure?
A figure of speech containing an implied comparison that does not use "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
Using more than one medium of expression or communication.
What is multimedia?
A brief statement or account of the main points of something.
What is a summary?
A struggle between opposing forces.
What is conflict?
An author's opinion about a subject.
What is a position?
A section of a story where a character or characters engage in action or dialogue.
What is a scene?
The main argument in a piece of writing.
What is a claim?
To use information that you know and combine it with new information that you read about.
What is inferring?
A literary element that evokes certain feelings.
What is mood?
A title or brief explanation appended to an article, illustration, cartoon, or poster.
What is a caption?
A character who recounts the events of a novel or narrative poem.
What is a narrator?
Sound that is transmitted, recorded, or reproduced.
What is audio?
Communication or direct involvement with someone or something.
What is an interaction?
The leading character in a drama, movie, or novel.
What is a protagonist?
An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its primary meaning.
What is connotation?
The mode of narration that an author employs to let the readers hear and see what takes place in a story.
What is point of view?
A depiction of someone or something in a work of art or literature.
What is a portrayal?