FAST REVIEW

INFERENCE

A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning

STANZA

A group of lines in a poem

TONE

Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character

IMAGERY

Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)

MOOD

How the reader feels about the text while reading.

SYMBOL

a person, object, place, event, or action that suggests more than its literal meaning.

PARAPHRASE

a restatement of a text in your own words

ASSUMPTION

a thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without proof.

CHRONOLOGICAL

arranged in order of time

EXPLICIT

clear and fully expressed

RELEVANT

connected with what is happening or being discussed

ACCURATE

correct in all details; exact.

TEXT STRUCTURES

description, cause and effect, compare and contrast, problem and solution, and sequence (chronological)

ILLUSTRATE

is to make something more clear or visible

EVALUATE

judge or calculate the quality, importance, amount, or value of something

ESTABLISH

make something start to exist or start to happen

EMPHASIZE

show that something is especially important or deserves special attention

Parallelism

similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses

RHETORIC

the art of using language effectively and persuasively

INTENTION

the meaning the author wants the reader to get out of the work

SIGNIFICANCE

the quality of being worthy of attention; importance.

IMPLICIT

the reader understands it through other clues in the text; not clearly stated

PERSPECTIVE

the way you think about or see something

CLASSIFY

to arrange something in groups according to features that they have in common

APPROXIMATE

to calculate the value of something based on informed knowledge

CHARACTERIZE

to describe it by stating its main qualities

INTERPRET

to explain the meaning of something

SUMMARIZE

to express the most important facts or ideas about something in a short and clear form

ADDRESS

to give attention to (something)

CONTRADICT

to go against or say the opposite

IMPLICATE

to involve in; to understand information that is not directly stated.

REVEAL

to make known or show something

PREDICT

to say that an event or action will happen in the future

INDICATE

to show, point, or make clear in another way

REPRESENT

to stand for or in place of