Literary Terms
The lesson or message about life that a reader can apply beyond one story.
What is Theme?
?Que es Tema?
Changing ideas, details, or organization to make a draft clearer and stronger.
Revision
revisión
The central point that an informative essay develops across all paragraphs.
Controlling idea
: idea central
The writer’s clear position on an issue.
Claim
postura
Nearby definitions, examples, contrasts, or analogies that help reveal a word’s meaning.
Context clues
pistas de contexto
A logical idea formed from text clues and what the reader already knows.
Inference
inferencia
Correcting grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
Editing
edición
An important understanding supported by several related details.
Key idea
idea clave
An idea that explains why the claim should be accepted.
Reason
razón
This strategy removes answer choices that contradict the passage, answer a different question, or lack evidence.
Process of elimination
proceso de eliminación
The perspective from which a story is told, such as first person or third person limited.
Point of View
punto de vista
A word or phrase that connects ideas, paragraphs, or steps.
Transition
transición
Facts, examples, quotations, or statistics that develop an explanation.
Supporting evidence
evidencia de apoyo
A fair statement of what someone on the other side may believe.
Counterpoint
contrapunto
This test habit requires returning to the paragraph and matching the answer to exact words or details.
Verify with text evidence
verificar con evidencia textual
The feeling a text creates in the reader through setting, details, and word choice.
Mood
ambiente emocional
The rule that a singular subject takes a singular verb and a plural subject takes a plural verb.
Subject-verb agreement
concordancia entre sujeto y verbo
The way an author arranges information, such as cause and effect or compare and contrast.
Organizational pattern
patrón de organización
In RACE, this step introduces accurate text evidence and identifies where it came from.
Cite evidence
citar evidencia
This strategy repairs confusion by reading the sentence before, the difficult part, and the sentence after.
Reread the surrounding text
releer el texto cercano
A scene that interrupts the present action to show an important event from the past.
Flashback
retrospectiva
A writing quality created by using different sentence beginnings, lengths, and structures.
Sentence variety
variedad de oraciones
The reason an author created a text and what the author wants the reader to understand.
Author’s purpose and message
propósito y mensaje del autor
In RACE, this step tells how the citation proves the reason and supports the claim.
Explain evidence
explicar evidencia
This short plan for an extended response names the claim or controlling idea, organizes reasons, and selects evidence before drafting.
ECR outline
plan para respuesta escrita extensa