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When the person telling the story is the main character.

First Person

100

To tell a story that you would enjoy and makes you laugh.

Entertain

100

To convince others to feel a particular way about a topic.

Persuade

100

Statements that cannot be proven true.

Opinions

100

A visual aid that condenses information into a series of rows, lines, or other shortened lists.

Charts, Tables, and Graphs

200

The vantage point from which a story is told.

Point of View (author)

200

The clear and easy expression of ideas, either written or spoken.

Fluency

200

The attitude of the author toward the audience and characters

Tone

200

A diagram or pictorial device that shows relationships.

Graphic Organizer

200

 A judgment based on reasoning rather than something stated directly in the passage. “Reading between the lines.”

Inference

300

The narrator is talking to “you.

Second Person

300

The center of interest or attention.

Focus

300

The fluency, rhythm and liveliness in writing that make it unique to the writer. Your written personality the “style” you write with

Voice

300

Photographs, drawings, maps, or other pictures that give additional information about the text.

Graphics

300

To examine and judge carefully.

Evaluate

400

Point of view in which the narrator is not a character in the story. Pronouns them

Third Person

400

To give information about a particular topic; to explain why something is important.

Inform

400

Text that is next to photo or graphic

Caption

400

The title at the start of a page or section, usually bold or dark print.

Heading

500

The author’s purpose for writing (facts) argumentative

Author’s Purpose

500

How the author writes; an author’s use of language; its effects and appropriateness to the author’s intent and theme.

Style

500

Statements that can be proven true.

facts

500

A secondary heading, the mini-topic related to the heading

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