SARs
Literary Analysis
Essays
Annotations
Vocabulary
100

The number of pieces of evidence needed in an SAR.

What is two? 

100

The genre of text literary analysis is focused on.

What is fiction?

100

The number of pieces of evidence needed for an essay.

What is four? 

100

The first annotation you should have at the top of every reading.

What is genre?

100

The term for the first paragraph of an essay.

What is the introduction? 

200

The first sentence of an SAR.

What is the Argument Sentence?

200

The term for when a character is speaking something out loud. 

What is dialogue?

200

The first sentence of the introduction paragraph.

What is the Hook?

200

The note you should have at the end of a nonfiction reading. 

What is the Author's Claim?

200

The term for an essay asking you to compare two articles and explain which is structurally stronger.

What is an Argumentation Essay? 

300

The sentence that should come after your evidence.

What is the Zoom Out?

300

This category includes simile, metaphor, and personification. 

What is Figurative Language?

300

The last sentence of the first paragraph of an essay.

What is the Thesis?

300

The note you should have at the end of a fiction reading. 

What is the Theme note? 
300

The term for the first narrative element / the first portion of the narrative arc. 

What is Exposition/Set-Up?

400

A question that asks you to consider a specific portion of the text you just read.

What is a part-and-whole question?

400

The S in SLATE.

What is Speech?

400

The number of sentences that should be in the first/last paragraph of an essay. 

What is 3-4? 

400

The acronym to follow when annotating for characterization.

What is SLATE? 

400

The term for the portion of an article that dismantles the opposing claim.

What is the Refutation? 

500

The most essential portion of an SAR or Essay prompt. 

What is the Central or How/Why Question?

500
The term for the hero/narrator of a piece of fiction.

What is the protagonist? 

500

The first sentence of a conclusion paragraph. 

What is the Restated Thesis? 

500

The name of the type of evidence you should annotate for when you see surveys and percentages mentioned in an article.

What is Statistical Evidence? 

500

The term for a piece of literature that uses outdated, old-fashioned language. 

What is Archaic?