Events in a text in order
Chronological
when a character is talking to another character
dialogue
description that helps a reader use their senses to imagine what’s happening
imagery
the speaker in a story; who is telling the story
narrator
opinion/what someone thinks/point of view
perspective
the way a text is organized
text structure
the structure that shows what happens and why it happens
cause and effect
the narrator telling the story is NOT a character in the story
third person POV
the narrator telling the story is a character in the story
first person POV
what an author is trying to show you about life (it CAN be a lesson but it isn’t always)
theme or
central message or
deeper meaning
descriptive language that doesn’t mean literally what it says
figurative language
when a character is thinking to themselves
monologue
why someone does something
purpose
the personality of a character
character trait
make a guess based on the evidence and what you know
infer
text; piece of writing
passage
the author’s attitude- it creates the mood
tone
a short part taken from a book
excerpt
a comparison of two not similar things
metaphor
telling the most important idea in a short way
summarize