Literary Terms
The message the author wants to get across to readers through the story.
What is Theme?
A retelling of the main events of the text.
What is summary?
A poetry paragraph.
What is a stanza?
The part of the body that has the claim and the evidence.
What is the body?
The number of pieces of evidence that are needed in the answer of a short response question.
What is 2?
The feeling the author wants readers to get from the piece.
What is mood?
The most important idea or concept being said about the topic.
What is central idea, main idea, or central claim.
A comparison of 2 unlike things using like or as.
What is a simile?
The part of the essay that introduces the topic and the essay question.
What is the introduction?
The 2 tools that you are expected to use during computer based testing.
What are answer eliminator and highlighter?
Authors or characters attitude about the topic
What is tone?
To look at the similarities between two things.
What is compare?
Giving a non-human qualities ex. the sun smiled down on me.
What is personification?
What the letters R A C E stand for.
What are Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain?
The step you have to take before submitting your test.
What is call the teacher over to review?
The way the text is built.
What is structure?
Another way to say to add to or give to.
What is contribute to?
Language that speaks to the 5 senses to recreate an experience that is not meant to be taken literally.
What is figurative language?
The part of the essay that sums up the main points.
What is the conclusion?
2 point questions are also known as what.
What are short answers or RACE paragraphs?
The sequence of events in a story...first, next, last
What is plot?
To put together what the story says with what you already know in order to make an educated guess.
What is infer/inference?
Descriptive writing that helps readers see a picture
What is imagery?
The part of the writing process in which you correct mistakes in punctuation, spelling, grammar and capitalization.
What is proofreading?
The 4 point question is also known as.
What is an extended response/essay?