Fiction
The lesson or moral that the author wants the reader to learn.
Theme
A retelling of a text that includes the main idea and relevant details.
Summary
The "paragraphs" of a poem.
Stanzas
A comparison between things that uses "like" or "as."
Simile
This refers to how a text is organized.
Text Structure
A story's most important events in order. Example: beginning, problem, climax, resolution/solution, end.
Plot
A first-hand account of an event.
Primary Source
When the ending sounds of words are repeated.
Rhyme
A comparison between things where one thing IS the other. It does not use "like" or "as."
Metaphor
This text structure describes a problem and explains how the problem is solved.
Problem & Solution
The narrator is a character in the story.
First-Person
A second-hand account of an event.
When the poet uses words to create a picture or image in the reader's mind.
Imagery
An extreme exaggeration.
This test structure lists steps in a process.
Sequence
The narrator is not a character in the story.
Third-Person
This means to look at how things in two texts are the same.
Compare
A pattern of sounds similar to a music beat.
Rhythm
When the beginning sounds are repeated amongst multiple words. Example: "She sells seashells by the seashore."
Alliteration
This text structure is written in time order.
Chronology
A character's opinions, attitudes, thoughts, and beliefs about what happens in a story.
Perspective
This means to looks at how things in two texts are different.
Contrast
The emotions the author wants the reader to feel.
Mood.
A common phrase that is not meant to be taken literally.
Idiom
The type of words we identify to figure out a passage's text structure.
Clue Words