Key Terms
A universal message that can apply to real life or other stories
Theme
Information that clarifies what is happening in a moment or situation
Context
Having an unknown name or identity.
Anonymous
the qualities and characteristics of a person that make them different from all others.
Individuality
A claim that a writer is defending in an essay
Thesis?
Very important.
Critical
able to withstand and recover quickly from difficulty, sickness, or the like.
Resilient
The main point an author makes in a non-fiction text (or a section of a nonfiction text)
Central Idea
very serious or important; causing deep concern.
Grave
to go to or turn to for help, often as a last choice when everything else has been tried.
Resort
A claim that a writer is defending in a paragraph or short response
Argument
to cause to lose pride or feel ashamed; embarrass.
Humiliate
a set of actions always done in the same way.
Ritual
Details authors provide that hint at an event that will happen later in the story
foreshadowing
to drive or incite to action.
Impel
to save from having to do something.
to keep from hurting or destroying.
Spare