TCAP
Analyze
Break it down to understand it better.
Inference
Break it down to understand it better.
Evidence
Proof from the text that backs up your answer.
Textual evidence
Exact words or details from the story/passage
Central idea
The main thing the text is mostly about.
Theme
The big life lesson or message in the story.
Summary
A short version of the most important parts.
Text structure
How the information is set up.
Author’s purpose
Why the author wrote it (to teach, to convince, or to entertain).
Author’s point of view
How the author feels about the topic.
Explicit
Said right there in the text.
Supporting details
The smaller facts that explain the main idea.
Compare
Tell how things are the same.
Contrast
Tell how things are different.
Claim
What the writer believes is true.
Reasoning
Why your proof makes sense.
Counterclaim
The other side of the argument.
Conclusion
The ending that wraps things up.
Transitions
Words that help ideas flow together.
Thesis statement
One sentence that tells your main point.
Audience
The people you’re writing for.
Purpose
The reason you’re writing.
Context clues
Hints in the sentence that help figure out a word.
Connotation
The feeling a word gives you.
Denotation
The dictionary meaning of a word.