Citing Textual Evidence (RL.9-10.1)
This type of textual evidence uses specific and relevant quotes or details to support an inference or analysis.
What is strong textual evidence?
This term refers to the central idea or message about life or human nature in a story.
What is theme?
This term refers to an author’s deliberate choice of words.
What is diction?
This term refers to the way a text is organized.
What is structure?
This type of language goes beyond the literal meaning of words.
What is figurative language?
This punctuation must be used when including a direct quote from a text.
What are quotation marks?
This rule states that a theme should not be written as a single word, but as a complete thought.
What is true?
This refers to the emotional or cultural meaning a word carries beyond its dictionary definition.
What is connotation?
This technique interrupts a story’s chronological order to reveal past events.
What is a flashback?
This figure of speech makes a comparison using “like” or “as.”
What is a simile?
These three letters represent the citation style commonly used in English classes.
What is MLA?
This is a possible theme of The Monkey’s Paw: “Interfering with fate can lead to unintended consequences.”
What is the theme of The Monkey’s Paw?
Between “childlike” and “youthful,” this word carries a more negative connotation.
What is “childlike”?
This effect occurs when a short sentence follows several long ones
What is emphasis or tension?
This figure of speech compares two unlike things without using “like” or “as.”
What is a metaphor?
This sentence provides the stronger evidence: “The sun burned hot on the backs of their necks as they marched.”
What is option B (because it’s specific and descriptive)?
This is the difference between a theme and a main idea: one tells what the story teaches, the other tells what it’s about.
What is theme vs. main idea?
In the sentence “His tone was grave as he delivered the news,” this is the meaning of the word “grave.”
What is serious or solemn?
This part of a story introduces characters, setting, and background information.
What is exposition?
This point of view provides a limited, personal perspective through one character’s eyes.
What is first-person point of view?
This is how a parenthetical citation should appear for page 25 of a book by Harper Lee in MLA 9 format.
What is (Lee 25)?
These literary elements—character actions, conflict, setting, tone, and symbolism—help reveal this aspect of a story.
What is theme?
Analyzing an author’s word choice helps readers better understand these three aspects of a text.
What are tone, mood, and author’s purpose?
These authorial choices control pacing, emphasize themes, and shape reader understanding.
What are structural choices?
This figure of speech gives human qualities to nonhuman things, as in “The wind whispered secrets through the trees.”
What is personification?