Set 1
Inference
To come to a reasonable conclusion based on evidence found within the text.
Simile
making comparison using a linking word such as like, as, or than.
Genre
a category of passages, such as fiction and nonfiction. Each one has a particular style, form, and content.
Author’s Purpose
The author’s intention for his or her piece. All passages have this, whether it is to persuade, inform, explain, or entertain.
Claim
Your side of the story
Explicit Idea/Message
fully stated or revealed by the writer. The author tells the readers exactly what they need to know.
Metaphor
making a comparison without linking words.
Summary
an overview of a text that captures the main points but does not give all the details or does not include opinions.
Author’s Point of View
The opinion of the author. Your opinion can differ from the author’s writing in a passage.
Counter-claim
opposing side of the story
Theme
The lesson or message of a literary text. (Ex. A story might be about two friends who like to do things together, therefore the theme might be the importance of friendship.)
Alliteration
The use of the same sound to start several words in a row. (Ex. The beautiful blue butterfly blew by the bay.)
Interactions
how ideas influence individuals or events or how the individual influence ideas or events. As these events happen, they give insight into the meaning.
Evidence
Something that proves or demonstrates the truth of something else. Informational texts contain this to prove that the information that is given is correct.
rebuttal
When you prove why the claim is correct or better than the counter-claim.
Plot
The series of events that form a story in a specific order.
Point of View
the perspective from which a story is told. This depends upon who the narrator is and how much they know.
Connotative Meaning
A meaning beyond the explicit meaning of a word. For example, the word childlike connotes innocence as well. This is the meanings that are inferred from certain words.
Fact & Opinion
One is a statement that can be proven and the other is a statement that cannot be proven because it states a writer’s belief or judgement about something. Deciding whether a statement is one or the other depends on if the statement can be proven.
Thesis statement
Lets the reader's know what the essay is about
Resolution
In most stories there is a conflict or a problem. This is the solution to the problem or the end of the dramatic conflict.
Compare vs. Contrast
Analyzing two things such as characters in a story or stories in relation to each other. The opposite of this is specifically analyzing the difference between two things such as characters in a story.
Organization
The way in which a piece of writing is structured. Each sentence, paragraph, or chapter fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of ideas. This can include chronological order, sequential order, cause and effect, problem and solution, compare and contrast, order of importance, spatial order, etc.
Chronological Order
The order in which a series of events happen. This is what you would describe a text that is in order of time form beginning to end.
Evidence