Verbs
Author
Nouns
Author's Craft
Other
100

to prove

What is support?

100

The reason he or she is writing

What is author's purpose?

100

what the reader learns from the passage

What is theme?

100

show for the first time

What is introduce?

100

dictionary definition

What is denotation?

200

to show

What is convey?

200

The author's attitude

What is tone?

200

an arguable statement disguised as a fact

What is a claim?

200

give hints of what's going to happen in the story

What is foreshadow?

200

a judgement based on textual evidence and background knowledge

What is inference?

300

to expand on

What is elaborate?

300

The author wants to convince the reader to agree

What is argument?

300

pieces of valid information from the passage

What is evidence?

300

a word's literal meaning

What is denotation?

300

positive or negative words

What is connotation?

400

to create or build

What is develop?

400

How the author feels or thinks about a topic

What is Author's Point of View/Perspective?

400

covers the whole passage

What is central/main idea?

400

create an effect

What is impact?

400

feeling

What is mood?

500

to give or add

What is contribute?

500

The lesson the author wants the reader to learn

What is theme?

500

a conclusion not explicitly stated in passage

What is inference?

500

feelings or emotions associated with a word

What is connotation?

500

P.I.E.

What is persuade, inform, entertain?