opinion
a statement that expresses a person's judgment or belief
fact
a statement that can be proved
generalization
to make a sweeping assumption or statement
inference
use the information given in a text to make a logical assumption about information that is not stated.
subheading
a title or heading of a subdivision, as in a chapter, essay or newspaper article.
details
a piece of information
author's perspective
the author's point of view
genres
a type of literature; poetry, prose or drama
drawing conclusions
a decision or an opinion you reach by drawing together details in a text
predictions
making a logical assumption about what will happen next
tone
the writer's attitude toward his or her audience and subject; formal or informal; serious or playful; bitter or ironic
setting
The time and place of the action
author's purpose
the main reason the author writes a book
author's argument
the use of facts and figures to support the author's argument
autobiographical narrative
a story about the writer's own life
expository essay
a writing that explains or informs
narrative essay
a story, either fiction or non-fiction
author's influences
things that affect his/her writing
paraphrase
restating an author's words in your own words
reading poetry (pauses/stops)
pause at comma's, come to a complete stop when you see a period
rhyme
repetition of sounds at the ends of words
figurative language
writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally.
alliteration
repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words; call, cow, can, cup
onomatopoeia
the use of words that imitate sounds; crash, buzz, screech
symbolism
the use of symbols
personification
a type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics
repetition
the use, more than once, ofany element of language; a sound, word, phrase, clause of sentence.
haiku
three line Japanese verse form. The first and third lines of a haiku each have 5 syllables. The second line has 7 syllables and is used to create a vivid picture.
mood
the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage.
simile
a figure of speech that uses "like" or "as" to make a direct comparison between two unlike ideas. ; e.g. "pale as a ghost" or "spread like wildfire
metaphor
a figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else.
internal conflict
takes place within the mind of a character. The character struggles to make a decision, take an action, or overcome a feeling.
theme
a central message, concern or purpose in a literary work.
fable
a brief story or poem, usually with animal characters that teaches a lesson, or moral.
myth
a fictional talethat explains the actions of gods or heroes or the origins of elements of nature; Greek and Roman myths are known collectively as classical mythology.
foreshadowing
the author's use of clues to hint at what might happen later in the story.
flashback
a scene within a story that interrupts the sequence of events to relate events that occurred in the past.