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The Person or Voice Telling the story

Narrator

100

The exact words someone said or wrote.

Quotation 

100

What the text is mostly about 

Main Idea

100

The Perspective of View

The Point of View

100

The big idea or message in a story

Theme

200

The main idea or lesson the author wants to share

Message

200

A smaller title under the main title that tells what the text is about

Subheading 

200

The person who writes the play

Playwright

200

Instructions in a play that tell actors what to do or where to go.

Stage Directions

200

A piece of writing that gives information 

Article

300
The voice talking in a poem is the?

Speaker

300

When a story goes back to an earlier time to show something important

Flashback 
300

A true story someone writes about their own life

Autobiography

300

The main idea of an essay or argument

Thesis

300

True events that happened to someone

Real Experiences
400

Giving credit to where you found information 

Cite Sources

400

The way a text is structured, like cause and effect or sequence

Organizational Patteren

400

The big idea the guides a piece or writing

Controlling Idea

400
The people the writer or speaker wants to reach

Intended Audience

400

A true story someone writes about their own life experiences

Memorir

500

The writier's main idea or argument 

Claim 

500

The people the author writes for or speaks to 

Audience
500

Events in story theat build tension and lead to the climax

Rising Action
500

How a play is presented, including the set, props and movements of the actors

Staging 

500

Trustworthy places to get accurate infromation 

Reliable Sources

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