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| Point of view | How a writer chooses to tell a story - can be first person or third person |
| mood | The feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader |
| tone | Expresses the author's attitude toward a subject |
| style | HOW something is said versus what is said |
| imagery | words and phrases that appeal to the reader's 5 senses |
| word choice | The words a writer uses to make a work sound formal or informal, serious or humorous |
| simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" |
| metaphor | A comparison of two things that are basically unlike but have some qualities in common. Does NOT use "like" or "as" and instead says what something "is". |
| personification | The giving of human qualities to an animal, object or idea |
| characters | Who the story is about |
| plot | the events in a story (rising action, turning point, falling action) |
| setting | Where AND When the story takes place |
| theme | The moral/message of the story |
| exposition | The setting AND conflict |
| conflict | The problem in the story |
| rising action | The events that lead up to the turning point (climax) |
| turning point (climax) | Where the biggest problem finally comes out and things begin to change |
| falling action | what happens after the turning point leading to the solution of the problem |
| resolution | When the problem is solved |
| cause | Something that makes something else happen |
| effect | The result of some action |
| compare | to tell how things are ALIKE |
| contrast | to tell how things are DIFFERENT |
| fact | Something that can be proven to be true |
| opinion | what someone thinks is true |
| predict | tomake an educated guess as to what WILL happen |
| main idea | a summary of information that is NOT too broad or too narrow |
| inference | drawing a conclusion based on clues in the text |
| author's approach | PIE - Persuade, Inform, Entertain |
| summarize | Tell the main points (who, what, when, where, why, how) |
| paraphrase | Re-tell a small part in your own words |
