Descriptive Language
Purpose and Persuasion
Structure and Organization
Reading Strategies
Literary Analysis Tools
100

words or phrases beyond their literal meaning to cover a deeper message

What is Figurative Language?

100

one-sided judgment based on personal beliefs and experiences 

What is Bias?

100

order of events organized by the time at which they occur

What is Chronological? 

100

to make a guess as to what will happen at the end

What is Predicting Outcomes?

100

a logical guess based on evidence

What is Inference?

200

use of exaggeration to add dramatic effect 

What is Hyperbole?

200

the spreading of misinformation or help or harm someone or something

What is Propaganda? 

200
to show the similarities and differences between two things

What is Comparison?

200

restating information in your own words

What is Paraphrasing?

200

the main idea or message behind a story

What is Theme?

300

words or phrases appealing to the five senses

What is Imagery?

300

the message or topic of a story/article

What is Main Idea?

300

hints suggesting future events in a story

What is Foreshadowing? 

300

what is expected to happen and what actually happens

What is Irony?

300

attitude given by an author's language use and style of writing

What is Tone?

400

person or object used to represent a deeper message

What is Symbolism?

400

a clear statement of the main idea or argument in writing

What is Thesis?

400

an event that brings about an action

What is Cause and Effect?

400

the dictionary definition of a word

What is Denotation?

400
the feeling a story gives to the reader 

What is Mood?

500

a reference to a famous person or work

What is Allusion?

500
the art of persuasive speaking and writing that appeals to emotion, logic, or authority

What is Rhetoric?

500

the order events occur in a story, not timeline related

What is Sequencing? 

500

ideas and feelings associated with a word

What is Connotation?

500

the detailed examination of the elements or structure of something

What is Analysis?