Unit 1
Stories of Change
Unit 2
The Power to Change
Unit 3
Changing Perspective
Literary Terms and Academic Vocabulary
"Walk Two Moons"
100

The type of writing tells about a real experience from the author's life.

What is a personal narrative?

100

The setting of a story.

What is the time and place where the story happens?

100

An argument must include a claim, _____, and ______.

What is evidence and reasons?

100

The main message or lesson of a story.

What is theme?

100

The main character of the story.

Who is Salamanca "Sal" Hiddle?

200

The strategy involves marking important parts of the text while reading.

What is annotating the text?

200

A smaller story inside the main story is called a _____.

What is a subplot?

200

A claim is _____.

What is a statement or opinion the author wants readers to believe?

200

A conclusion based on clues from the text and prior knowledge.

What is an inference?

200

The literary element includes both the main story and smaller stories within it.

What is the plot and subplot?

300

In a story, the person facing conflict is called the _______.

What is the protagonist?

300

The strategy uses two columns to record quotes and reactions.

What is a double-entry journal?

300

This is what you check to determine a source is credible.

What are the author, evidence, website address/url, and reliability/trustworthiness?

300

Words spoken by characters.

What is dialogue?

300

The difference between the main plot and subplot in the story.

What is the main plot in the central str

400

The jacket symbolizes what for the narrator in "The Jacket" by Gary Soto. 

What is embarrassment, poverty, or insecurity?

400

Readers use this to support character analysis.

Evidence taken directly from the text.

What is textual evidence?

400

The type of tone that is used in an argumentative letter.

What is formal tone?

400

The feeling created by a text or a person's overall state of mind.

What is mood?

400

The way Sal changes throughout the novel.

What is she learns to better understand her mother and herself?

500

Name two ways an author reveals characterization in a narrative.

What are a charcter's actions, dialogue, thoughts, appearance, or interactions with others?

500

The setting influences a character's actions or decisions in a story.

What is that the setting can affect how characters think, feel, or respond to conflicts?

500

Writers paraphrase information so they can _____.

What is restate information in their own words?

500

The sequence of events in a story.

What is plot?

500

The point of view is important to the story because ______.

What is it helps readers understand Sal's thoughts feelings, and perspective?