| A | B |
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| cite textual evidence | quote information from the text to support your claim |
| evidence | proof; information that you use to prove your claim |
| explicit | clearly and directly stated |
| implicit | not directly stated, you have to guess it |
| theme | the author's message or life lesson |
| objective | impartial, based on facts and not influenced by personal feelings or opinions |
| inference | an educated guess, a logical conclusion |
| complex characters | characters that have different personality traits, change during the story and are similar to real people |
| figurative meaning | when the words mean something other than their common or literal meaning |
| connotation | the ideas or feelings that a word suggests |
| claim | to make a statement that expresses a personal view or interpretation and is open to challenge |
| argue | express your opinion and support it with reason and evidence |
| argument | a statement of opinion supported by reasons and evidence |
| support | prove what you say, use textual evidence or examples |
| synthesize | combine two or more ideas |
| motif | a recurring theme, subject or idea |
| tone | the attitude a writer has toward the audience, a subject, or a character |
| mood | the feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader |
| rhetorical question | a question asked only for effect, because the answer is not expected; a question that has an obvious answer |
| point of view | the perspective from which a story is told |
| bias | a particular preference or point of view that is personal and may cause prejudice |
| hierarchy | a classification based on rank or importance |
