To communicate or express- what the author is trying to tell you without actually telling- The author is trying to ________ to the reader
Convey
100
The action and its results are discussed
Cause and Effect
100
The turning point in the story
The Climax
100
The author organizes/ structures
Looking for text structures
100
Comparing two different things using like or as
Similie
200
Clues surrounding the word that help the reader determine the meaning of an unknown word
Use the following ___________ to find the meaning of the word
Context Clues
200
Step by step process of how something is done or should happen ( time does not progress)
Sequence
200
The author wrote this account most likely to...
Authors Purpose
200
The three types of author's purposes
Persuade, Entertain, Inform
300
The reason the author wrote the story - to persuade, to entertain, to inform
Author's Purpose
300
In time order in which events occur
Chronologically
300
The beginning of the story, introduces characters, conflict, and setting
Exposition
300
This most likely occurred because
Summarizing main events/ inference
300
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
Personification
400
The perspective from which the story is told
Point of View
400
Name two text structures
1) Differences and Similarities of two or more things are discussed
2) Describes how something looks
1) Compare and Contrast
2) Descriptive
400
The end of the story, where all loose ends are tied up. Another word for resolution.
Denouement
400
The reader can conclude
Authors purpose
400
Name two different types of Point of View/ Explain meaning
1st Person- Told from viewpoint of characters using "I" "We"
3rd Person- Told from perspective of the narrator, focuses on feelings of characters ( Limited/ Omniscient )
500
The central message of the story , teaches an overall lesson
Theme
500
What is the purpose of text features?
Enhances or shows the authors purpose
500
Two types of conflict that a character can face. Examples would be man vs man, man vs. nature, etc.
Internal Conflict/ External Conflict
500
The main idea, central message
Theme
500
Define Mood and Tone
Mood- How the reader feels about the subject
Tone- How the narrator/ author feels about the subject