Text Talk
To quote or mention a text as proof.
What is Cite?
A smart guess based on clues and what you know.
What is to infer?
The feeling or vibe a text creates for the reader.
What is Mood?
To describe something in detail.
What is Explain?
How the author organizes the writing.
What is Structure?
To retell the most important parts of a text in your own words.
What is Summarize?
To figure something out using evidence from the text.
What is determine?
The author’s attitude toward the subject.
What is Tone?
To tell what something is like using details.
What is Describe?
What happens as a result of something.
What is Effect?
To solidify your answer with text evidence.
What is Support?
The big idea or life lesson an author wants to teach.
What is Theme?
A character’s or author’s unique view on something.
What is Perspective or Point of View?
To find or recognize a specific piece of information.
What is Identify?
This is when a story goes back in time.
What is Flashback?
The most important point an author makes in a text.
What is Main Idea?
To explain the meaning of something and why it matters.
What is interpret?
An author’s way of organizing a text (e.g., problem/solution)
What is Structure?
To compare means to show how things are __________.
What is alike?
The author’s feeling about the topic they are writing about.
What is Tone?
To break something into parts to understand how it works together.
What is Analyze?
To judge the quality or importance of something.
A sentence that adds to the mood of a story is an example of this.
What is Contribute?
To contrast means to show how things are __________.
What is different?
The way a writer builds a character through actions and dialogue.
What is Characterization?