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Characters
Reading Tools
Literary Devices
Essay Tips
100
Text that is real (actually happened)
What is Non Fiction
100
Details that form a character
What is Characterization
100
Educated guess
What is an Inference
100
The author's lesson or moral that readers are meant to learn from a Fiction text
What is Theme
100
The act of repeating the essay question in an opening full sentence
What is Restating the Question
200
Text that is made up by an author (did not actually happen)
What is Fiction
200
Words and thoughts of a specific character that tell you more about them
What is Direct Characterization
200
Looking at two texts or characters and noting what is similar or dissimilar
What is Compare and Contrast
200
The message or overall point an author is trying to make in a Non Fiction chunk
What is Main Idea
200
Your topic or thesis statement that answers the question
What is a Claim
300
Background information surrounding the text
What is Context
300
Actions or interactions between characters that shows you more about them
What is Indirect Characterization
300
The act of imagining what a character or setting looks like
What is Visualization
300
The overall lesson or point an author makes in a full non fiction work (hint: main point + main point +...)
What is the Central Argument
300
A quote, summary, or line number that supports your claim
What is Evidence
400
The text is written with perspective of a narrator using "I" or "we"
What is First Person POV
400
A character whose attitude changes or grows throughout the text
What is a Dynamic Character
400
The act of breaking your text into smaller pieces with their own main ideas
What is Chunking
400
The location or atmosphere of a text
What is Setting
400
A sentence that connects your evidence to your claim
What is an explanation
500
Text is written with the perspective of a narrator using "he" or "she" or "they
What is Third Person POV
500
A character who stays the same throughout a text
What is a Static Character
500
The emotional feeling or atmosphere a text
What is Mood
500
Restating your claim to wrap up your paragraph.
What is a Conclusion