Literary Analysis
Author's Point of View
Textual Evidence
Inference & Interpretation
100

This literary element includes characters, setting, and plot.

Story Elements

100

This point of view allows the narrator to know the thoughts of all characters

Third Person omniscient

100

When citing evidence, you should include this detail from the text (page number or paragraph).

Page number or Paragraph Number

100

When an author implies something but does not state it directly, the reader must do this.

Infer

200

This is the turning point or most intense moment in a story.

Climax

200

This point of view uses “I” and tells the story from one character’s perspective.

first-person point of view

200

This type of evidence includes paraphrasing instead of quoting.

paraphrasing

200

This skill involves using clues from the text and prior knowledge to make a conclusion

making an inference

300

This is a struggle between opposing forces in a story

Conflict

300

This point of view uses “he,” “she,” or “they” and only reveals one character’s thoughts.

third-person limited

300

This is what you should do after presenting textual evidence in an answe

explaining how it supports your answer

300

This is the difference between inference and prediction

inference is based on evidence, prediction is about what will happen next

400

This should always support your inference when answering a question

Textual Evidence

400

This type of narrator is not part of the story.

third-person narrator

400

Strong textual evidence should be this (specific or vague?).

Specific

400

This reading strategy helps clarify confusing parts of a text.

Rereading

500

This literary device gives human qualities to nonhuman things.

Personification

500
  1. This clue helps you determine the author’s point of view in nonfiction. 

first-person point of view

500

This is why citing multiple pieces of evidence strengthens an argument.

it makes the argument stronger/more credible?

500

This question type often begins with “What can you conclude…?”

inference question

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