comminlit study

objective summery

A brief account of a text's central points, themes, or main ideas.

text structure

Text structure refers to how the information within a written text is organized.

textual evidence

Textual evidence is evidence from a text (fiction or nonfiction) that you can use to illustrate your ideas and support your arguments.

authors purpose

Writing to Persuade. In a text that is written to persuade, the author's primary purpose is to compel readers to take action, convince them of an idea through argument, or to reaffirm their existing beliefs.

tone

a musical or vocal sound with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength.

point of veiw

a particular attitude or way of considering a matter.

mood

a temporary state of mind or feeling.

argument

an exchange of diverging or opposite views, typically a heated or angry one.

central idea

is the central, unifying element of the story, which ties together all of the other elements of fiction used by the author to tell the story.

claim

state or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof.

perspective

the art of drawing solid objects on a two-dimensional surface so as to give the right impression of their height, width, depth, and position in relation to each other when viewed from a particular point.

theme

the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.