Literature
The lesson or message an author wants readers to learn from a story.
Theme
•What the text is mostly about.
Central Idea
•Using clues in the sentence to figure out word meaning.
Context Clues
•A sentence that asks a question.
Interrogative Sentence
•First sentence that tells the main idea.
Topic Sentence
•The person telling the story.
Point of View
•Facts that support the main idea.
Evidence
•A word that means the same.
Synonym
•A word that describes a noun.
Adjective
•Part of an essay that wraps up writing.
Conclusion
•The most exciting part of the story.
Climax
•Words like first, next, finally show this structure.
Sequence
A word that means the opposite
Antonym
•Punctuation mark that shows ownership.
Apostrophe
•Writing that tells a story.
Narrative
•Figuring something out the author does not directly tell.
Inference
•The reason an author writes.
Authors Purpose
•Meaning of a word based on feelings or associations.
Connotation
•Group of words expressing a complete thought.
Complete Sentence
•Writing that explains or teaches.
Informational
•The struggle between characters or forces.
Conflict
Headings, captions, diagrams are called this
Text Features
•Phrase with a meaning different from literal meaning.
Idiom
•Words like and, but, because.
Conjunctions
•Stage where you check spelling and grammar.
Editing