Narrative Techniques
The literary device of interrupting the present action to show an event that happened earlier.
Flashback
The lesson or central idea the author wants the reader to take away from the story.
Theme
The single most important concept the author is trying to explain in a non-fiction text.
Main Idea
The facts, observations, or quotes a writer uses to support their claims or main ideas in their essay.
Evidence
Groups of lines in a poem, similar to paragraphs in prose.
Stanzas
The way an author controls the speed at which a story moves, often by using longer or shorter sentences.
Pacing
The struggles or problems between a character and another person, nature, or even an internal feeling that help reveal the central idea.
Conflicts
Facts, examples, statistics, or quotations used to further explain or prove or support your observation or argument.
Supporting Details
When writers disagree about something, it’s often because they have a different ________.
Perspective
The pattern of sounds at the end of lines in a poem.
Rhyme Scheme
The conversation between characters, set off by quotation marks, that can advance the plot or reveal character.
Dialogue
The people in the story whose growth, changes, and lessons learned reveal the central message to the reader.
Characters
Visual aids used in informational texts to present data in an organized, easy-to-read way.
Charts/Graphs
When writing an essay, students may choose this type of information differently based on what they want to emphasize.
Evidence
The use of words that appeal to one or more of the five senses to create a mental picture for the reader.
Imagery
A detailed explanation of the time and place of the action in a story.
Setting Description
The struggle or problem that main characters face, the resolution of which helps the reader understand the story's theme.
Conflict
The sentence at the end of a paragraph that effectively wraps up the discussion of the main idea and supporting details.
Closure Sentence
When writing an essay, you may need to _____ ______, especially when the two writers' choice of supporting material leads to different conclusions about the same subject.
Compare Authors
Giving human qualities or actions to non-human things, like saying "the wind whispered."
Personification