Literary Lingo
This makes writing more interesting or creates a special effect, feeling, or image.
Figurative Language
The main reason or intention behind a writer's work.
Author's purpose
Words or phrases that connect one idea to the next.
Transitions
Explains why something happened and the result of that event.
Cause and effect
The reason something happened.
Cause
A comparison between two different things using the words "like" or "as."
Simile
The author's goal is to give facts, teach, or explain something.
Inform
The most important point the author wants to convey about the topic.
Main Idea
Shows how two or more things are alike or different.
Compare and Contrast
The result of a cause.
Effect
A direct comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as."
Metaphor
The author's goal is to convince you to think, believe, or do something.
Persuade
The specific facts, examples, or reasons that prove the main idea.
Supporting details
Presents events or steps in a specific order.
Sequence of events
An error in reasoning.
Fallacy
Giving human qualities or actions to inanimate objects or animals.
Personification
The author's goal is to tell a story, amuse you, or create an experience.
Entertain
The overall sense or impression of something, in just a few words.
The gist
Describes a problem and one or more possible solutions.
Problem and solution
To find similarities.
Compare
This tells us how or why something is the way it is.
Explanation
This tries to convince someone to agree with a point of view.
Argument
The exact words from the text that serve as proof.
Text evidence
Describes a topic, person, place, or thing by listing its features
Description
To find differences.
Contrast