This is the term for the exact words from a text used to support an answer.
Text evidence
This is the reason a character behaves a certain way or makes a specific decision in a story.
Character motivation
The feeling you should get from an author's writing
Mood
This skill involves retelling the story in your own words, focusing on main ideas and key details without including every minor event.
summarizing
This is the perspective from which a story is told, such as first person, third person limited, or third person omniscient.
Point of view
What kind of font and what size font should your essay be
Times New Roman - 12
When a text doesn’t tell you something directly, you make this kind of educated guess using clues + your own knowledge.
Inference
Character that stays the same throughout the story
Static character
How the story SOUNDS. The emotion the author is trying to portray in their writing.
Tone
This is the central message or lesson the author wants the reader to understand.
theme
When a story is told using “I” or “we,” the narrator is using this point of view.
first person point of view
Main argument in an argumentative essay is called a
thesis
thesis statement
controlling idea
This term describes information that is clearly stated in the text
Explicit information
Character that changes throughout the story
Dynamic character
comparing something using "like" or "as"
simile
SWBST stands for
Somebody wanted but so then
This point of view lets the narrator know the thoughts and feelings of multiple characters.
third person omniscient
At the end of every essay you should have a
Works Cited
Bibliography
Citations
This term describes information that is NOT clearly stated in the text
implicit information
Character that has multiple motivations, traits, interests vs characters that have one personality trait or one motivation (______ vs. ________)
Round vs flat
5-7-5 syllable poem style is called a...
Haiku
Fact vs opinion in reading or writing a summary is called (________vs._________)
objective vs subjective
author's viewpoint in a text is called their
perspective
What should be on your title page
Header (not required to say)
Title of essay
Name
Teacher
Class
Date
The correct way to answer a question
RACE Prompt
Plot elements (name all 5)
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Conclusion
Feeling you get from a word
Connotation
A theme in Heartbeat could be...
Topics could involve:
Identity and Self-Discovery
Friendship and Loyalty
Romance and First Love
Society's Expectations and Pressure
Courage and Personal Growth
When an author lets personal opinions, beliefs, or feelings influence the way information is presented, it is called this.
author's bias
At the beginning of every paragraph you should
Indent