The idea that controls or focuses the rest of what the author decides to include in the text (you can also think of this as the thesis).
What is Main Idea?
100
The least important details.
What is Non-Essential Information?
100
An opinion about the text.
What is Critique?
100
Point of View for Harvard MBA Class Day Speech.
What is Gerald Casey?
100
A figurative / non-literal comparison that uses like or as
What is a Simile
200
The narrator is a character in the story, and we can trust them (uses words like I,me, my,we)
What is 1st Person reliable
200
Judgments made using multiple pieces of textual evidence as support.
What is Inference?
200
A brief description of the main idea and details in a text.
What is Summary?
200
Point of View for Shofly Pie.
Who is Maggie?
200
Using an object or word to represent an abstract idea.
What is Symbolism?
300
Narrator of the the story but we can not trust them. They come off as crazy or seem that way.
What is 1st person unreliable
300
This evidence just makes sense.
What is Logical?
300
An essay written to encourage readers to see a certain point of view.
What is Persuasive Essay?
300
Point of View for Everyday Use.
Who is Mama or Mrs. Johnson.
300
The perspective from which a story is being told or observed.
What is Narrative point of view?
400
The narrator is not a character in the story, they are just describing what is happening to others. They use words like she, he, or names of characters.
What is 3rd person Limited?
400
This evidence uses studies,stats, and numbers
DAILY DOUBLE
What is Empirical?
400
___________ vs. _____________
One is based on opinion and the other is based on facts
What is Substantiated vs Unsubstantiated ?
400
Point of view for Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech.
DAILY DOUBLE
Who is Mr. Elie Wiesel.
400
When person must choose between two choices and use their own opinion.
What is a character's moral dilemma?
500
This narrator can jump into the head multiple characters' thoughts and feelings.
What is 3rd person omniscient
500
This evidence uses stories to prove its point. They can be about the author or someone else.
What is Ancedotal
500
Sequence,Chronological, Compare & Contrast
What are three patterns of organizations?
500
Point of view for Julius Cesar written in.
What is first person reliable?
500
Means that we take pieces from different sources and put them together.