Phrases
Writing
Mystery?
Reading Terms
It's Story Time
100
A verb ending in -ing functioning as a noun.
What is Gerund?
100

A statement that grabs the attention of the reader.

What is a hook?

100

The feelings associated with a word.

What is Connotation?

100

How a text is organized.

What is text structure?

100

How the author describes the character.

What is characterization?

200
A verb that has -ing, -d, -ed, -n, -en, or, -t added to the base form to show tense.
What is a Participle?
200

The information, facts, or data used to support your arguments or claims.

What is evidence?

200

a non-literal meaning of a word or phase

What is figurative meaning?

200

A guess made from using clues from the text and your own knowledge.

What is inferring?

200

The narrator does not know about the inner thoughts and motivations of all the characters in the story.

What is 3rd Person limited Point of view?

300
The word to plus a verb.
What is an infinitive?
300

 The opposing viewpoint that challenges the main argument,

What is a counterclaim?

300

When an author pauses the story to describe an event(s) that happened in the past.

What is flashback?

300

How the author feels about his subject

What is tone?

300

This narrator can access the experiences and emotions of every character in the story.

What is Omniscient Point of View?

400
A noun or pronoun placed beside another noun or pronoun to identify or describe it.
What is an appositive?
400

The first paragraph of an essay.

What is an introduction?

400

The dictionary meaning of a word.

What is denotation?

400

The feeling a text arouses in the reader.

What is mood?

400

the main message or lesson of a story.

What is theme?

500
Includes a preposition, a noun or pronoun called the object of the preposition. and any modifiers of that object.
What is a prepositional phrase?
500

Proposition to be proved/A position or opinion that a person advances or proves by specific details or arguments.

What is a thesis/ claim statement?

500

A hint about events that will happen later that builds suspense

What is foreshadowing?

500

What the text is mostly about.

What is central idea?

500

A conversation between characters.

What is dialogue?