Powerful Words
Text Structure
Literary Devices
From the Standards
Parts of a Text
100

Break it down in to parts.

What is analyze?

100
The people in the story

Who are characters? 

100

An exaggeration for effect. 

What is hyperbole? 

100
Stated clearly and in detail (Directly stated in the text). 

What is explicit? 

100

An assertion, usually supported by evidence.

 What is a claim?

200

Judge it.

What is evaluate? 

200

The time, place, and circumstances in which the story occurs. 

What is setting?

200

A warning or indication of a future event. 

What is foreshadowing? 

200

The central topic, subject, or message within a narrative. 

What is theme? 

200
A statement or sentence that states the purpose of a paper or essay. 

What is a thesis statement? 

300

To give details about. 

What is describe? 
300

The main events of a story. 

What is plot? 

300

The attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character. 

What is tone? 
300

A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning. 

What is inference? 

300

The person telling the story. 

What is narrator? 

400

Read between the lines

What is infer? 
400

A conversation between two or more people in a story. 

What is dialogue? 

400

When the reader is aware of something that the character isn't. 

What is dramatic irony?

400

a summary that is accurate and not influenced by emotion or personal prejudice, impartial. 

What is objective Summary?
400

The reason the author has for writing. 

What is Author's Purpose? 
500

Back up with information or evidence. 

What is support?

500

The perspective from which the story is told. 

What is point of view? 

500

A reference to a person, place, thing, event, or other literary work with which the reader is presumably familiar. 

What is allusion? 

500

A detailed examination of the elements or structure of something. 

What is analysis? 

500

The listener, viewer, or reader of a text. 

What is audience? 

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