Cluster 1 Informational
Cluster 1 Literary
Cluster 2 Informational
Cluster 2 Literary
Cluster 3
100

To quote as evidence.

What is citing?

100

The underlying message, big idea, or critical belief about life that the author is conveying.

What is theme?

100

The way an author looks at a topic or the ideas being described.

What is viewpoint?

100

The correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when used at the ends of lines of poetry.

What is rhyme?

100

To look for differences and similarities.

What is comparing?

200

The main thought of a passage usually found in the beginning paragraphs.

What is central idea?

200

This is gathered from the original source or other texts to support an idea or answer a question.

What is textual evidence?

200

How the information within a written text is organized.

What is text structure?

200

A figure of speech containing an implied comparison that does not use "like" or "as."

What is a metaphor?

200

Using more than one medium of expression or communication.

What is multimedia?

300

A brief statement or account of the main points of something.

What is a summary?

300

A struggle between opposing forces.

What is conflict?

300

An author's opinion about a subject.

What is a position?

300

A section of a story where a character or characters engage in action or dialogue.

What is a scene?

300

The main argument in a piece of writing.

What is a claim?

400

To use information that you know and combine it with new information that you read about.

What is inferring?

400

A literary element that evokes certain feelings.

What is mood?

400

A title or brief explanation appended to an article, illustration, cartoon, or poster.

What is a caption?

400

A character who recounts the events of a novel or narrative poem.

What is a narrator?

400

Sound that is transmitted, recorded, or reproduced.

What is audio?

500

Communication or direct involvement with someone or something.

What is an interaction?

500

The leading character in a drama, movie, or novel.

What is a protagonist? 

500

An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its primary meaning.

What is connotation?

500

The mode of narration that an author employs to let the readers hear and see what takes place in a story.

What is point of view?

500

A depiction of someone or something in a work of art or literature.

What is a portrayal?