detailed examination of the elements or structure of a text
Analysis
100
language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation
Figurative Language
100
a word or phrase that is used to make a comparison between two people, things, animals, or places
metaphor
100
pattern of organization where the similarities and differences of two or more things are explored
compare/contrast
100
inform, persuade, entertain, or explain ideas to the reader
author's purpose
200
a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning
Inference
200
the main events of a play, novel, or movie
Plot
200
a group of lines forming a division of a poem
stanza
200
a figure of speech comparing two unlike things using like or as
simile
200
the most intense, exciting, or important point of something
climax
300
The lesson or moral of a story
Theme
300
a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly
Connotation
300
refers to how the information within a written text is organized
text structure
300
when you give human qualities to an object or animal
personification
300
a series of events that build towards the climax of a story and create intensity within the story
rising action
400
a literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces (usually a protagonist and an antagonist)
Conflict
400
The writer’s attitude towards the subject of a text. It is often conveyed through word choice (diction)
tone
400
a method for analyzing and writing about a topic by identifying a problem and proposing one or more solutions
problem and solution
400
the process by which two or more parties encounter a difficult situation and then find a way to fix/solve it
conflict/resolution
400
the parts of a story after the climax and before the very end
falling action
500
the point that the author wants you to remember most/main idea
Central Idea
500
the part of a story's plot line in which the problem of the story is resolved or worked out
Resolution
500
A way of organizing information that shows why something happens and the result of that action
cause and effect
500
the narrator's position in relation to the story being told.
point of view
500
a writer's selection of words as determined by a number of factors, including meaning (both denotative and connotative), specificity, level of diction, tone, and audience