Convince Me
The reasons and evidence a speaker or writer gives in order to persuade or convince someone to believe something
What is an argument?
A quality that makes up a character's personality
What is a character trait?
Being fierce or dangerous
What is ferocious?
To add or give?
What is contribute?
The attitude of the speaker in a text
What is the tone?
Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair
What is bias?
The main character or hero of a story
Who is the protagonist?
In complete agreement
What is unanimous?
To make, create or build
What is develop?
The chain of events that make up a story
What is plot?
A statement that the writer or speaker is trying to get someone to believe
What is a claim?
The villain of the story
Who is the antagonist?
Having the qualities of an adult
What is maturity?
You use these to find the meaning of unknown words
What are context clues?
A problem that results because of a character's tension within themselves.
What is internal conflict?
The reason why someone might not agree with you
What is a counterclaim?
A character who stays the same throughout the text
What is a static character?
Next to or connected to something
What is adjacent?
When a question says "According to the text" or "Based on the text" you know the answer is
What is Right There?
Words or phrases that help a reader create a picture in their mind by appealing to the 5 sense
What is imagery?
A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person used to support an argument
What is an anecdote?
The lesson a character learns in the story is also known as the
What is theme?
To examine and make a judgement on something's value
What is evaluate?
Thinking about what the ENTIRE text was about and what is most important, helps you determine answers to these TWO literary questions.
What are the Central idea and Summary?
A category of literature
What is genre?