Informational Text
This text feature helps readers understand where events happen or locate places.
Map
This is the main character in a story.
Protagonist
The dictionary definition of a word is called this.
Denotation
A comparison using “like” or “as.”
Simile
This is a statement that expresses a position or opinion.
Claim
This is the main idea of a paragraph or section.
Central idea
This is the time and place in which a story occurs.
Setting
The thoughts or feelings attached to a word is called this.
Connotation
A comparison that does not use “like” or “as.”
Metaphor
This evidence used to support a claim.
Reasoning
Use of facts, statistics, or examples used to support a claim.
Evidence
This is the turning point or most intense moment in a story.
Climax
Clues in the surrounding text that help define an unknown word are called this.
Context Clues
Giving human qualities to nonhuman things.
Personification
This is an opposing viewpoint to the main argument.
Counterargument
This text structure shows how two or more things are alike and/or different.
Compare and Contrast
This occurs when the audience knows something the characters do not.
Dramatic Irony
A word part added to the beginning of a word is called this.
Prefix
An extreme exaggeration used for effect.
Hyperbole
What you use to prove the counterargument wrong.
Rebuttal
This is the author’s reason for writing, such as to inform, persuade, or entertain.
Author's Purpose
This type of narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters.
Third-person omniscient?
A word part added to the end of a word is called this.
Suffix
When an object or idea represents something deeper.
Symbolism
This is the process of explaining how and why evidence proves a claim.
Elaborating
This is the use of reasons and evidence to convince the reader of a certain viewpoint.
Argument
This is the lesson or message the author wants readers to understand.
Theme
The original form of a word that carries its core meaning is called this.
Root Word
This figurative language repeats beginning consonant sounds in nearby words.
Alliteration
This appeal persuades by using facts and logical thinking.
Logos