a detailed examination of the components of a subject to understand its meaning and/or nature as a whole.
Analysis/Analyze
evidence found within a text used for support.
Textual Evidence
a brief account about a text that is free from personal opinion.
Objective Summary
based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions.
Subjective
a thing that happens, especially one of importance.
Event
the literal definition of a word.
Denotation
a strong effect.
Impact
stated clearly and directly, leaving no room for confusion or interpretation.
Explicit/Explicitly
anything that students can read, write, view, listen to, or explore, including books, photographs, films, articles, music, art, and more.
Text
a person’s own feelings about something; not objective.
Opinion
a brief statement of the main points of a larger work or text.
Summary/summarize
Something that is said or done repeatedly.
Repetition
a small group of words representing a concept, containing either a subject or a verb, but not both.
(e.g., “Running through the forest, she breathed in the fresh, crisp air.”)
Phrase
a category or type of literature with similarities in form, style, and subject
Genre
quote (a passage, book, or author) as evidence for or justification of an argument or statement, especially in a scholarly work.
Cite
find out, discover
Determine
The lesson for me in a literary text.
Theme
basics, essentials
Words that sound the same.
Rhyme
the attitude an author takes toward the subject or topic of a text, generally revealed through word choice, perspective, or point of view.
Tone
a literary work, generally composed in verse and using figurative language, typically composed using a set structure (i.e., organizational rules).
Poem
something is understood although not clearly or directly expressed or conveyed.
Implicit
grow, evolve, mature, expand, enlarge, spread, advance, progress.
Develop
something seen by the mind or eye as being apart or different from others.
Distinct
A play
Has dialogue, actors, stage directions
Drama
imaginative or creative writing.
Literary Work
a section of a book usually numbered and with a title.
Chapter
something of many parts that is put together.
Structure
Is made when you use what you know along with what the text says.
Inference
serving to corroborate something.
Supporting
The main concept in an informational text.
Central Idea
to act in such a manner as to influence another.
Interact
an emotional meaning caused by a word.
Connotation
language that uses words and phrases to express a meaning that is different from the literal meaning (e.g., metaphor, allusion, etc.).
Figurative Language
play a part in, be instrumental in, be a factor in, be partly responsible for, have a hand in.
Contributes