Mostly Fiction
the person who writes the story
author
an arguable statement that the author holds about the topic or issue discussed in the text
claim
a single row of words in a poem
line
the author provides details to tell what a person or thing is like
description
a short statement about the main events in a story
summary
the moral, ______ or lesson learned, from a text
message, theme
to reach a decision; to form an opinion
conclude
person who writes poetry
poet
to combine clues from the text with what you already know to figure something out based on evidence
infer
the reason the author decides to write about a specific topic
author's purpose
connection between two or more ideas or objects
relationship
most important idea about a topic, what a text is mostly about
central idea
writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally
figurative language
the author explains what caused an event to take place and the result
cause & effect
the author lists items or events in chronological order
chronological/sequence
someone on the outside is looking in and telling the story as he/she sees it
third person POV
how the information in a passage or text is organized
text structure, organizational pattern/structure
when two things or people have something in common, almost the same
similarity/similar
to make known what one thinks or feels
express
something that produces good or helpful results or effects or that promotes well-being
benefit
words with the same meaning or almost the same meaning
synonyn
a belief based on thoughts or feelings rather than on facts
opinion
a way in which things or people are not the same, to be unlike or dissimilar, different from
difference, differ, different
the audience to which the author is writing
intended audience
when a writer appeals to a reader's senses by using descriptive and figurative language
imagery/sensory language