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how the story is organized, the framework or outline
structure
the sequence of events in a story, play, movie, etc
plot
to recognize the chronological order of events in a text
sequence
the unifying concept within an informational text to which other elements and ideas relate
central idea
a beginning, bring knowledge to something, let the reader know the purpose
introduce
a narrator’s, writer’s, or speaker’s position with regard to the events of a narrative
point of view
language designed to be persuasive or effective in supporting a claim
rhetoric
the subject or underlying meaning that a literary text directly or indirectly explains, develops, and/or explores
theme
figures of speech; language that does not mean literally what it says; usually makes comparisons
figurative language
an issue or subject the text is about
topic
the attitude an author takes toward the topic of a text, generally revealed through word choice
tone
a statement of the truth; generally, an author uses evidence to support the assertion of truth
claim
to elaborate, which is the process of going into more detail sentence by sentence throughout the text
develop
a character who does not change over the course of a story
static character
a set of related/similar things (e.g., people, books, events, etc.) coming after one another (e.g., a series of books or TV episodes)
series
an argument put forward to oppose a claim or evidence developed in another argument
counter-argument
statement(s) supported by evidence whose purpose is to persuade or explain
argument
evidence found within a particular text used to support or explain conclusions, opinions, and/or assertions about the text itself
text evidence
a conclusion derived from logical reasoning following an investigation of available evidence
inference
sources that provide information about a topic under investigation; materials that a researcher consults for facts and data, citing as necessary
reference materials
a character who has many different characteristics and develops throughout the story
complex character
a brief account of a text’s central ideas that is free of bias, prejudice, and personal opinion and does not incorporate outside information
objective summary
information from the text that allows you to decide the meaning of unknown words in the text that you are reading
context clues
improve (something) by making small changes; in particular make (an idea, theory, or claim) more accurate
refine
the reason for which something exists (e.g., to persuade, to inform, to explain, and/or to entertain)
author's purpose