Literature
The message, central idea, or the lesson an author is trying to convey.
What is theme?
a word that refers to someone or something (noun) mentioned elsewhere in the sentence of paragraph.
What is a pronoun?
The most important or central thought of a paragraph or larger section of text, which tells the reader what the text is about.
What is central idea?
A word, letter, or number placed before another.
What is a prefix?
The turning point in a text, usually the most important moment.
What is a climax of a text?
perspective from which a story is told. The author's opinion on a subject.
What is the author's point of view?
a punctuation make indicting a pause between parts of a sentence.
What is a comma?
Refers to how the information within a written text is organized. This strategy helps students understand that a text might present a main idea and details; a cause and then its effects; and/or different views of a topic.
What is text structure?
An affix occurring at the end of a word, base, or phrase
What is a suffix?
Sequence of events that tell a story from beginning to end
What is a plot?
The author's attitude toward a character and/or situation. Normally created words depicting feeling.
What is tone?
When an author writes conversation between two characters.
What is dialogue?
A statement essentially arguable, but used as a primary point to support or prove an argument with three reasons.
What is a claim statement?
Make (an idea, impression, or feeling) known or understandable to someone
What is convey?
Reason the author writes a text: persuade, inform, entertain.
What is author's purpose?
To come to a conclusion about a text based not on what is stated explicitly, but instead on the basis of evidence and reasoning; reading between the lines.
What is inference?
Usually as fiction, which is based on imaginative events or stories that did not actually happen.
What is narrative writing?
Phrases used from a source to support a writer's claim.
What is evidence?
Hints that the author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word.
What is context clue?
To explain how two (or more) texts are the same and how they are different from each other
What is compare and contrast?
When you use a word or phrase that does not have its normal everyday, literal meaning. Example simile, metaphor, hyperbole.
What is figurative language?
A piece of writing that is nonfiction, in which the author tries to convince the reader of their position.
What is a argumentative writing?
A summary not influenced by personal feelings or interpretation.
What is objective summary?
A group of lines in a poem that look like a paragraph
What is a stanza?
A category of literature identified by form, content, and style.
What is genre?