ELA
Author's Purpose
The reason the text was written (persuade, inform, entertain)
Figurative Language
Not literal (simile and metaphor)
Metaphor
A comparison that does NOT use like or as.
"Her brain is a computer!"
Point of View
The way someone tells a story (from their own experience.)
Character Traits
Describe a character's personality and appearance
Genre
A type of literature (fiction, nonfiction, mystery...)
Narrator
The person telling the story.
Text Structure
The way information is organized (cause and effect, sequence, problem and solution, description, question and answer)
Context Clues
Hints in a sentence that help define a word
Inference
Opinion
A personal belief or feeling.
Theme
The message or lesson in a story
Dialogue
Conversation between two characters
Main Idea
The most important idea in a what you read.
Plot
The sequence of events in a story.
Text Features
Used in nonfiction text to share information (graph, map, text box, photo, caption, etc.)