Things Readers Do
Literary Devices
Elements of Literature
Types of Answers
Text Features
100
This is what a reader does when he or she combines prior knowledge with text evidence to "read between the lines."
What is infer?
100
This is when a writer compares two mostly unlike things, using the terms "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
100
A struggle within the plot between opposing forces.
What is conflict?
100
A synthesis of the important ideas in a text without reader opinion.
What is summary?
100
a portion or section of a written work
What is selection (or passage)?
200
This is what a reader does when he or she makes an educated guess about what will happen next in the text.
What is predict?
200
This is when a writer directly quotes the exact words of a person or character.
What is dialogue?
200
The method or process of solving a problem.
What is solution (or resolution)?
200
Direct quotes or clear paraphrases, chosen to prove your inference or conclusion.
What is text evidence (or information from the text)?
200
A short piece of text highlighted by placing it in a separate box alongside or within the text.
What is a text box?
300
This is what a reader does when he or she finds similarities between two texts.
What is compare?
300
This is when the writer deliberately overstates something for effect.
What is exaggeration (or hyperbole)?
300
The author’s attitude as reflected in the manner of the author’s written expression.
What is tone (or mood)?
300
Taking what is known and using it to make an inference about the nature of similar text or similar situation.
What is generalizing (or a generalization)?
300
A title, brief explanation, or description accompanying an illustration or picture.
What is a caption?
400
This is what a reader does when he or she finds differences between two texts.
What is contrast?
400
The use of sensory language to make an image in the readers' minds.
What is imagery?
400
the plan, scheme, or main story of a literary or dramatic work
What is the plot?
400
A judgment, decision, or opinion formed after investigation or thought
What is a conclusion?
400
A title, sub-title or topic at the top or beginning of a section of text.
What is a heading?
500
This is what a reader does when he or she judges a text: either the whole text or a part (like the author's reasoning).
What is evaluate?
500
This is the perspective from which the author tells the story.
What is viewpoint or point of view?
500
A topic; a major idea broad enough to cover the entire scope of a literary work. It may be stated or implied;
What is theme?
500
Statements or thoughts taken to be true without proof.
What is an assumption?
500
a diagram representing a system of connections or interrelations by a number of distinctive dots, lines, bars, etc.
What is a graph?
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