Informational Text

Irrelevant

These do not support the main idea of a paragraph. They do not focus on the main idea and may mislead or confuse the reader. They are called ____.

Anecdote

This is a brief story about an interesting incident.

Analogy

This is a comparison based on a similarity between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

Phrase

This is a group of words used as a single part of speech.

Discrepancy

This is a lack of similarity or compatibility between two or more facts or perspectives.

Article

This is a nonfiction prose composition that is part of a magazine or newspaper that usually deals with a single topic.

Topic Sentence

This is a one-sentence summary of a paragraph's main point.

Detail

This is a piece of information that is used to support a main idea.

Third Person

This is a point of view where the author uses pronouns like he and she in telling a story.

Limited

This is a point of view, in which the narrator is outside the story, reveals the thoughts of only one character, and yet refers to that character as 'he' or 'she'. It is called third-person _______.

Bias

This is a prejudice that is leaning toward a positive or negative judgment on something; a personal judgment or opinion about a particular person, position, or thing.

Paragraph

This is a section in a piece of writing that discusses a particular point or topic. It always begins with a new line, usually with indentation.

Minor Conflict

This is a small problem in a literary work.

Implied

This is a suggested, but not stated, definition. It is an ___ definition.

Informational Text

This is a type of real-world writing that presents material that is necessary or valuable to the reader.

Viewpoint

This is a writer's opinion or way of seeing an issue.

Perspective

This is a writer's or speaker's point of view about a particular subject, and is often influenced by their beliefs or by events in their lives.

Counter Argument

This is an argument that makes an opposing point to another argument. It expresses the view of a person who disagrees with your position.

Editorial

This is an article in a newspaper or a commentary on television or radio expressing the opinion of its editors, publishers, station, or network.

Interpretation

This is an explanation of the significance or meaning of a work.

Opinion

This is an expression of an author's personal belief. It is not something that can be proved to be true or false.

Nonfiction

This is factual writing that presents and explains ideas or that tells about real people, places, objects, or events.

Generalization

This is forming a broad idea based on specific instances. Inductive reasoning

Inference

This is reading between the lines. It is taking something that you read and putting it together with something that you already know to make sense of what you read. You make an _____.

Tone

This is the attitude that an author takes toward the audience, the subject, or a character.

Universal Theme

This is the central message of a story, poem, novel, or play that many readers can apply to their own experiences, or to those of all people.

Central Argument

This is the dominant and controlling argument.

Argument

This is the kind of writing that tries to persuade readers to accept an author's opinions.

Theme

This is the message, usually about life or society, that an author wishes to convey through a literary work.

Main Idea

This is the most important idea of a reading passage or presentation.

Literal Meaning

This is the ordinary, usual, or exact meaning of words, phrases, or passages. No figurative language or interpretation is involved.

Point Of View

This is the perspective from which a story is told or information is provided. It is the way the author lets the readers see and hear the story or information; who tells the story.

Author's Purpose

This is the reason for creating written work.

Logic

This is the reasoning used to reach a decision based on a set of assumptions, or it may be defined as the science of reasoning, proof, thinking, or inference.

Alliteration

This is the repetition of initial consonant sounds at the beginnings of words.

Paraphrase

This is the restatement of a written work in one's own words that keeps the basic meaning of the original work.

Thesis Statement

This is the the main idea of an essay, usually expressed as a generalization that is supported with concrete evidence.

Motivation

This is the wants, needs, or beliefs that cause a character to act or react in a particular way.

Diction

This is the writer's choice of words, including the vocabulary used, the appropriateness of the words, and the vividness of the language.

Indirect

This is when an author reveals a person in the story through his/her words, thoughts, appearance, action, or what others think or say about him/her. It is called ___ characterization.

Technical Writing

This is writing that communicates specific information about a particular subject, craft, or occupation.

Analyze

This verb means to separate a whole into its parts and then look more closely at those parts.

Event

This word means anything that happens to or is done by a character in a story.

Connect

To ___ with a text means relating what you read to what you already know about the subject.

Evaluate

To judge, place a value on, or rank a passage or source is to ____ it.

Summarize

To restate briefly is to ____.

Support

To strengthen or prove an argument, analysis, or idea by providing facts, details, examples and other information is to ___ it.

Characters

These are the people or animals who take part in a literary work.

Transition

These are words, phrases or sentences that link segments of writing.

Supporting

A _____ sentence helps to give additional evidence for a claim or a main idea.

Literary

A _____ summary is a synopsis of the events, characters, and ideas in a work of literature.

Static

A _________ character does not change during the course of the action.

Flat Character

A character in a fictional work that is never fully developed by the author is called a ___.

Round

A character in a fictional work that is very well developed is called a ___ character.

Dynamic

A character who changes during the course of a story is called a _____ character.

Extraneous

A piece of information that is not necessary to the meaning or purpose of writing is called an ____ detail.

Fact

A statement that can be proved to be true or false is called a statement of ___.

Universal

A theme of a passage, story, novel, poem, or drama that readers can apply to life is called a ____ theme.

Purpose

An author's ____ could be to inform, to entertain, or to persuade.

Controlling

The _____ idea of a passage is the idea which is dealt with and recurs throughout the passage.

Central

The key point made in a passage is called its ____ idea.

Denotation

The literal definition of a word is also called its ______.

Thesis

The main point or central idea that a writer states and then endeavors to prove is called a ____.

Conflict

The main problem in a literary work is called the major ____.

First

The point of view in which a story is told by one of the characters is called ____ person.

Topic

The subject of something you read is called its ____.

Sentence Order

The way a paragraph is constructed is called ___ ___.

Structure

The way a piece of writing is organized is called its ____.

Context Clues

These are in the text surrounding a word and give hints for the meaning of the word. They are called _______.

Claim

When an author makes a ____, (s)he is stating something which might or might not be true. It must be argued.

Relevant

When something closely relates to a subject it is called ____ to the subject.

Circular

When two ideas are used to prove each other, we call this ________ reasoning.

Contrast

When you look for differences in two things you have read, you ___ them.

Compare

When you look for similarities in two things you read, you ____ them.