Easy Ess(A)y
A quote from the text that supports the claim.
What is evidence?
The people a text is about.
What are Characters?
An educated guess based on what's happening in the text.
What's an Inference?
A personal point of view, belief, or attitude.
What is an Opinion?
A text that is made up or not real.
What is Fiction?
To build on or describe in more detail.
What is Elaborate?
The words the characters say in a text.
What is Dialogue?
This term means to explain or describe something in detail.
What is Analyze?
Real, true, or proven information.
What is a Fact?
The message or lesson of a text.
What is Theme?
To discuss similarities and differences in a text.
What is Compare and Contrast?
The place and time a story or text happens.
What is Setting?
An argument in a text, or what someone is trying to prove.
What is a Claim?
The author's reason for writing a piece of work.
What is Author's Purpose?
A small piece of information in a text.
What is a Detail?
The way an author writes.
What is Style?
A figure of speech; NOT meant literally.
What is figurative language?
Making notes in the margins of the text as you read.
What is Annotating?
A narrator or author's perspective.
What is Point of View (POV)?
The sequence of events that make up a story.
What is Plot?
Where you explain how your evidence proves your claim.
What is Commentary?
The author's opinion, feeling, or attitude toward what they're writing about.
What is Tone?
Details in the text that help the reader make inferences.
What are Context Clues?
A text that is true or about real life.
What is Non-Fiction?
A short summary or main idea.
What is a Gist?