Definitions
The main point/main idea
Central idea
Tone
Tone means the author's attitude
Extreme lack of money
Poverty
Credible
Credible means able to be trusted
Isolate
Isolate means to be alone
To support
Advocate
Simile
Comparing two things using the words "like" or "as"
Who you are
Identity
Stereotype
Stereotype means a mistaken belief about groups
Word choice
Diction
To affect
Influence
Sympathy
Sympathy means deep car for others.
Comparing two things without using "like" or "as"
Metaphor
Privilege
Privilege means unearned advantage
to send away
Banish
Shared customs and beliefs
Culture
Empathy
Empathy means feeling what someone else is feeling
to fit in
Belong
Conform
Conform means to change to fit in
Figurative Language
Figurative Language means words with a meaning beyond the literal
Trying very hard
Determined
Personification
Personification means giving human traits to nonhuman things.
sticking by someone
Loyal
Theme
Theme means the universal message/lesson of a text
to treat unfairly
Discriminate