Evidence & Inference
This is a conclusion or "educated guess" you reach based on textual evidence and your own reasoning.
What is an inference?
This is the term for the "turning point" of a story where the tension is at its highest.
What is the climax?
This is the underlying/central message, moral, or "universal truth" found in a piece of literature.
What is Theme?
In this POV, the narrator is a character in the story and uses pronouns like "I," "me," and "my."
What is First Person?
This is the literal, dictionary definition of a word.
What is Denotation?
State tests ask you to find the "strongest" evidence. Does this mean the quote that is the longest, or the quote that most directly proves the claim?
What is the quote that most directly proves the claim?
Dialogue can "propel the action." What does the word "propel" mean in this context?
What is to move the story forward?
This is a brief statement of the main points of an informational (nonfiction) text.
What is a Central Idea (or Objective Summary)?
This narrator stands outside the story and knows the thoughts and feelings of every character.
What is Third Person Omniscient?
This refers to the emotional "feeling" or "vibe" associated with a word (positive, negative, or neutral).
What is Connotation?
If a passage says, "The character’s hands were shaking and they kept looking at the door," what can you infer about their mood?
What is anxious, nervous, or fearful?
When a character makes a difficult choice, it often "reveals an aspect" of them. What are they revealing?
What is a character trait (or personality/inner nature)?
True or False: A theme should be expressed as a single word like "Freedom."
False (That is a topic; a theme is a complete statement/lesson).
This POV is often used in instruction manuals and addresses the reader as "You."
What is Second Person?
Something that blocks your path or makes it difficult to do something
What is an obstacle?
This type of evidence/information is stated clearly and directly in the text with no guesswork required.
What is Explicit Evidence/Information?
This part of the plot comes after the climax and shows the results of the character's decisions.
What is the Falling Action?
An "objective" summary must be free of these.
What are Opinions or Personal Bias?
How does a "Limited" narrator differ from an "Omniscient" one?
What is they only know the thoughts of one character?
The quality or state of something lasting forever
What is permanence?
"Implicit" information requires the reader to do this in order to understand the author’s meaning.
What is read between the lines (or make an inference/educated guess)?
An "incident" in a story might "provoke a decision." What does "provoke" mean?
What is to cause or trigger?
To "develop" a central idea, an author must provide these throughout the text.
What are Supporting Details?
Why would an author choose 1st Person POV to create suspense?
What is to limit what the reader knows (only knowing what the narrator knows)?
What is dominus?