Reading Literature and Informational Text-A
To examine something carefully and explain it in detail.
analyze
A claim supported with reasons and evidence.
argument
A statement that can be supported with evidence.
claim
Extreme exaggeration used for effect.
hyperbole
To combine ideas or information from multiple sources.
synthesize
To use details or quotes from a text to support an answer.
cite evidence
The way an author develops characters.
characterization
A struggle between opposing forces in a story.
conflict
A conclusion based on evidence and reasoning.
inference
A serious story ending in suffering or disaster.
tragedy
When the audience knows something the characters do not.
Dramatic Irony
An opposing viewpoint to an argument.
Counterclaim
Language that is not literal, such as metaphors or similes.
figurative language
The feeling created by a text.
mood
The author’s attitude toward a subject.
tone
The part of a story where the conflict is solved.
resolution
A scene that interrupts the present action to show an earlier event.
flashback
A difference between expectation and reality.
irony
A neutral, fact-based attitude in writing.
objective tone
A story or account of events.
narrative
The lesson or message of a text.
theme
Using objects or actions to represent ideas.
symbolism
The main character in a story.
protagonist
A character or force that opposes the protagonist, or main character, in a story.
antagonist
A reference to a famous person, place, event, book, or work of art that the reader is expected to recognize.
allusion