Group A
When the person telling the story
First Person
The center of interest or attention.
Focus
The fluency, rhythm and liveliness in writing that make it unique to the writer. Your written personality the style you write with friendly, formal, every day, short long sentences.
Voice
Photographs, drawings, maps, or other pictures that give additional information about the text.
Graphics
To examine and judge carefully.
Evaluate
The narrator is talking to you
Second Person
To give information about a particular topic; to explain why something is important.
Inform
Text that is next to photo or graphic.
Caption
The title at the start of a page or section, usually bold or dark print.
Heading
To restate the most important information in a text.
Summarize
Point of view in which the narrator is not a character in the story. Pronouns them, they
Third Person
How the author writes; an author’s use of language; its effects and appropriateness to the author’s intent and theme.
Style
Statements that can be proven true.
Facts
A secondary heading, the mini-topic related to the heading.
Subheading
To restate a text or passage in other words, often to show understanding or clarify the meaning.
Paraphrase
To tell a story that you would enjoy and makes you laugh.
Entertain
To convince others to feel a particular way about a topic.
Persuade
Statements that cannot be proven true.
Opinions
A visual aid that condenses information into a series of rows, lines, or other shortened lists.
Charts, Tables, and Graphs
The author’s purpose for writing facts argumentative, emotions persuade, information inform, or enjoyment entertain.
Author’s Purpose
The clear and easy expression of ideas, either written or spoken.
Fluency
The attitude of the author toward the audience and characters.
Tone
A diagram or pictorial device that shows relationships.
Graphic Organizer
A judgment based on reasoning rather than something stated directly in the passage. “Reading between the lines”.
Inference
The vantage point from which a story is told.
Point of View