the most important point of the message the author wants to share
central / main idea
who will be reading the work
audience
person, place, thing, or idea
noun
a word or phrase that does not have its normal everyday, literal meaning
figurative language
the ending of your story
conclusion
describing word
adjective
an idea or conclusion that's drawn from evidence and reasoning
inference
visual thinking tools that make pictures of your thoughts.
graphic organizer
action words
verbs
the series of events that make up a story.the series of events that make up a story.
plot
groups of sentences that share a common idea
paragraph
marks at the end of a sentence
punctuation
piece of writing that focuses on telling a story.
narrative
to cause (someone) to do something by asking, arguing, or giving reasons
persuade
marks around dialogue
quotation marks