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The main reason an author has for writing a text. (to explain, express, inform, or persuade)
Claim
Text Structure
Point of View
Author's Purpose
To look for differences
Contrast
Compare
Effect
Cause
The emotion or judgement that a word expresses
Definition
Reference
Connotation
Denotation
A person, animal or other creature that takes part in the action of a story or poem
Plot
Character
Resolution
Protagonist
A type of figurative language that compares two unlike things using the words like or as
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Simile
Personification
A type of figurative language that makes a comparison without using like or as
Personification
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Simile
A type of figurative language that attributes humanlike qualities to something that is nonhuman
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
Metaphor
The conflict in a story that its characters must resolve
Resolution
Climax
Plot
Problem
Something that brings about an effect or a result
Effect
Cause
Compare
Contrast
The most important idea in a text (main idea)
Thesis
Central Idea
Main Points
Conclusion
To look for similarities
Cause
Effect
Contrast
Compare
The result of a cause
Cause
Compare
Contrast
Effect
The dictionary definition of a word
Antonym
Connotation
Denotation
Synonym
The end of a piece of writing that sums up the writer's main points; how a conflict is solved
Exposition
Conclusion
Introduction
Beginning
Name that tune!
Roar
Firework
Dark Horse
Last Friday Night
Evidence that helps to convey the main idea of a text
Fact
Main Points
Inference
Opinion
