Central Idea
The main point that the author wants to convey in a story.
What is Central Idea?
The most common pronoun used in first-person point of view.
What is I?
This is the repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of closely connected words, such as "Peter Piper picked a peck."
What is alliteration?
This is the series of events that make up the story, from the beginning to the end.
What is plot?
This is the essential reason or goal the author has for writing a specific text.
What is Author's Purpose?
The paragraph in which you can find the central idea.
What is the introduction paragraph?
A narrator who is outside the story but only reveals the thoughts and feelings of one character.
What is third-person limited?
This is the use of words that imitate the sounds they represent, such as buzz, hiss, or thump.
What is onomatopoeia?
This element refers to both the time and the geographical location in which a story takes place.
What is setting?
This is the most common verb used to describe the purpose when the author's main goal is to influence the reader's opinion.
What is persuade?
These are the facts, examples, or evidence used to back up the central idea.
What are supporting details?
The omniscient narrator reveals the inner thoughts and feelings of all or multiple characters.
What is third-person omniscient?
If a speaker claims they had to walk "a million miles" to school, they are using this specific device to emphasize the distance.
What is hyperbole?
This is the main struggle or tension between opposing forces that drives the plot forward.
What is conflict?
If a text, like a textbook or a news article, aims to give facts and unbiased information, this is the author's purpose.
What is inform?
This part of a paragraph or essay usually gives the reader a strong hint about the central idea.
What is the Topic Sentence?
The most common pronoun used throughout a narrative written in the second person point of view.
What is you?
This is a phrase or expression that has a different meaning than what its individual words suggest, such as "It's raining cats and dogs."
What is an idiom?
This is the underlying message that the author is trying to communicate through the story.
What is theme?
The author's purpose for writing a fictional novel, a humorous poem, or a narrative short story typically falls under this category.
What is entertain?
A reader must make this kind of educated guess about the central idea if it isn't stated directly.
What is an inference?
A story told in the first person is limited to this, meaning the reader only knows what that specific narrator knows and experiences.
What is single perspective (one character's POV)?
This is a reference in a text to a well-known person, event, or work of literature, such as calling a difficult task "my Achilles' heel."
What is allusion?
This is the final stage of the plot where the conflict is completely wrapped up and the loose ends of the story are tied up.
What is the resolution?
To determine the author's purpose, a reader must analyze the text's central idea, supporting details, and this persuasive technique.
What is tone (or word choice or diction)?