The author creates this when he/she gives the reader descriptions of taste, smell, feel, sound, and sight. A synonym of this word is sensory details.
What is Imagery?
100
Gives hint or clue about the poem. It may symbolize or represent a deeper meaning.
What is the Title?
100
They are in parentheses. They help the reader understand a character's thoughts, actions, feelings, the location or setting, and transitions between scenes.
What are Stage Directions?
100
The basis for which a claim is developed.
What is premise?
100
A summary of what an excerpt or passage is about. The writer introduces it in the first paragraph, sometimes in the middle and you can find it in the last paragraph.
What is the Main Idea?
200
When the reader learns about another character thoughts feelings and/or actions from a 3rd person perspective. Or, when the reader learns about the character him/herself from a 1st person perspective.
What is Point-of-View?
200
It helps to reveal the speaker's tone and/or mood of the poem.
What is Word Choice?
200
When the author tells about events that have happened or will happen in the story.
What is Foreshadowing?
200
The writer's point of view, stance or position on an issue or topic.
What is the Writer's Claim?
200
The author organizes the paragraph by describing similarities and/or differences between people, things, or ideas.
What is Compare and Contrast?
300
When the author uses quotation marks to show that two or more people are having a converstation.
What is Character Dialogue?
300
When a poet uses figurative language (similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole, allusions) to paint a picture with words.
What is Imagery?
300
When the author creates mystery or excitement about what may happen in the story.
What is Suspense?
300
The writer's use of evidence to back up his/her claim or argument. Examples are facts, examples, anecdotes, statistics, or quotes.
What is Support?
300
When the author introduces an issue, concern or dilemma then later provides the reader with ideas about resolutions, outcomes or remedies.
What is Problem-Solution?
400
The reader learns a lot about a character motives and personality, when the author reveals what the character is thinking, how he/she feels, and how he/she acts or reacts in the story.
What is Character Trait?
400
When there's a change, difference, or contrast in speakers, voices, tone, settings, time periods, character actions, characters thoughts or feelings.
What is Shift?
400
The main character in a fictional story or drama.
What is the Protagonist?
400
A statement most people believe is true. But, it may or may not be true.
What is a Commonplace Assertion?
400
The writer gives the reader detailed examples. The organizational pattern may tell the reader about physical appearances of people, places, or things. The structure may also include the history and background information.
What is Description?
500
The story's exposition-the setting and conflict, rising action-builds tension, climax-turning point, falling action-when things grow worse or tension eases, and resolution-resolved or unresolved.
What is Plot?
500
They are like sentences. And, They are like paragraphs.
What are lines and stanzas?
500
The opposing character(s) or thing(s) in a drama or ficitonal story.
What is the Antagonist?
500
When the author anticipates an opposing view. He/she will refute this view by providing further evidence that supports his/her claim.
What is Counterargument?
500
This is why the writer, author, or poet writes. He/she will give hint or clue as to why he/she wrote by how he/she organizes the passage or information in each paragraph.