Textual Evidence
Theme and main idea
Author“s choices
Analyzing Central Ideas
Analyzing Events and interactions
100

This is a fact or quote from the text that supports your answer.

what is textual evidence

100

This is the message or lesson in a story

what is theme

100

where and where the story happens

what is setting

100

This is the main idea the author develops throughout the text.

what is a central idea

100

This is the order in which events happen in a story and how it helps build meaning

what is the sequence of events

200

This is when you figure something out using clues from the text.

what is an inference.

200

This is the big idea in a article or nonfiction text.

what is central idea

200

The order the author puts events in

what is plot structure

200

This is when two central ideas build on each other to make the message stronger

What is how central ideas interact

200

this is how one event or idea causes another to happen in a story

what is cause and effect

300

This happens when the text does not give a clear answer.

what is uncertainty.

300

when two ideas work together to make the story more interesting

what is theme interaction

300
How the author shows what a character is like

what is character introduction

300

This is when you explain how ideas in the text change and grow over time

What is analyzing the development of central ideas

300

This is how characters, events, or ideas develop and  change as the story moves forward

what is analyzing development over time

400

This is what you do when you explain your answer using more than one part of the text.

What is citing strong and thorough evidence
400

A short, fair summary with no opinions

what is an objective summary

400

How the character changes during the story

what is character development 

400

This is a summary of the text that sticks only to the main ideas and does not include your opinion

What is an objective summary

400

This is when two ideas or events are connected and impact each other throughout the text

what is interaction between events or ideas

500

This is when you find clues in a nonfiction text to show the author left something unclear

what is finding uncertainty in an informational text

500

when you explain how two ideas grow and connect in a text

what is analyzing theme or central idea development

500

The big moment the story builds up to

what is the climax or turning point

500

This is what you do when you explain how two or more central ideas influence each other in the story

what is analyzing how central ideas build on one another
500

This is how an author reveals the connections between ideas or events and shows how they influence the overall story

what is analyzing how ideas or events interact and influence the plot