Writing
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AP
Reading
100

What is a fact or idea that supports or tells more about a central, or main idea

Detail

100

What do you call a person or animal in a story?

Character

100

What are the words and sentences around an unknown word that can help you figure out it's meaning?

Context clues

100

What word means to give facts about a topic?

Inform

100

What refers to the person telling the story?

Point of view

200

To restate the MOST important information, or main ideas, in a text in your own words

Summarize

200

What is the conflict, events, and resolution that make up a story's structure?

Plot

200

What is to describe how things are alike and different?

Compare and contrast

200

What means to try to convince someone of an idea or to try to get the person to do something?

Persuade

200

Which point of view says "I, me, my"?

1st person
300

What are clues or details in the text that support an answer or idea

Evidence

300

What is something that happens in a story?

Event

300

What is to explain what happened and why it happened?

Cause and effect

300

What is to bring joy and fun to the reader through a story?

Entertain

300
Which point of view says "He, she, they"?

3rd person

400

The big idea that readers should take away from a reading text

Central idea or main idea
400

What is the main problem and solution a character faces in a story called?

Conflict and resolution

400
What is the way information is organized in a text?
Text structure
400

What is the author's reason for writing?

Author's purpose
400

What words means when the narrator knows and shares the thoughts of ONE character?

Limited

500

What is an educated guess based on a reader's own knowledge and experience, plus clues?

Inference

500

What are the pieces that make up a story called?

Literary elements

500

What is to explain events in time order or order of importance?

Chronological order or sequential order or logical order

500
What is the word for when the narrator knows everything and shares the thoughts of all characters?

Omniscient

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