Authors craft
The way in which an author writes a story.
What is the style?
To condense a text by using your own words.
A word that has the same or close to the same meaning as another word.
What is a synonym?
A central topic, subject, or message within a narrative.
What is a theme?
Division of a poem consisting of 2 or more lines arranged together.
What is a stanza?
The way authors organize information in a text.
What is text structure?
The main subject of discussion in the literary work.
What is the topic?
A word that has the opposite or nearly opposite meaning of another word.
What is an antonym?
Information that can be trusted or is reliable.
What is a trustworthy source?
The ability of the reader to create mental images or pictures.
What is to visualize?
The author's attitude toward the subject they are writing about.
What is the tone?
Sentences or phrases taken from a text or speech that is word-for-word.
What is a quotation?
The connection between characters or things.
What are relationships?
Strategic, selective reading method in which you focus on the main ideas of a text.
What is to skim?
Most basic form of a word that cannot be further divided into meaningful segments.
What is a root word?
What is a transition?
To work out in detail.
A short piece of writing on a particular subject, usually more than 3 paragraphs
What is an essay?
How you present your ideas.
What is to organize?
A group of words that work together in a sentence.
What is a phrase?
An essay that requires a writer to take a position or stand on a topic or issue and includes a counterclaim paragraph.
The meaning of a word, a group of words, a sign, or a symbol.
What is definition?
When a writer points out similarities and differences between two things.
What is to compare and contrast?
What are concrete details?
What drives narratives forward and reveals the character's personality.
What is the character's action?