Random Terms
A sudden realization or insight that feels like everything clicks at once.
What is an epiphany?
Boundary
What is a limit you set to protect your well being?
The central point an author wants you to understand.
What is main idea?
Context clues
What are words around an unfamiliar term that help define it?
A fruit that is technically a berry, while a strawberry is not.
What is a banana?
A sudden urge to act without thinking.
What is impulse?
What is a set of actions you do regularly?
A brief restatement of the most important ideas in your own words.
What is a summary?
Tone
What is the author's attitude toward the topic?
This animal cannot jump but can run 30 mph.
What is an elephant?
An unexpected change in events.
What is a plot twist?
What is an advantage some people have that others don't?
The author's reason for writing a text.
What is purpose?
What is the feeling a text creates for the reader?
The metal that is liquid at room temperature.
What is mercury?
A pattern that becomes popular or widespread.
What is a trend?
Power move
What is an action meant to show confidence or control?
A statement that expresses the main claim of an essay or argument.
What is a thesis?
Theme
What is the deeper message or lesson of a text?
The organ that can regenerate itself even after major damage.
What is the liver?
A relationship between two things.
What is correlation?
Argument
What is a claim supported by facts, examples, or data?
Engaging with a text through questioning and reflection.
What is active reading?
Evidence
Facts, examples, or data supporting a claim
The word for the sound rice makes when it's growing. (Hint: a synonym for sneaking)
What is creeping?