the author's attitude or feelings toward a subject, character, situation, or the reader

the writer's reason for creating a work or using particular language

used to inform, describe, explain, summarize, persuade, demonstrate, compare or contrast, entertain, give examples, introduce, encourage, or emphasize

Diction

....maybe..to emphsize a point, create a specific mood, or achieve a particular emotional reation

language states the meaning exactly in proper language

Often uses expressions or slang.

It is everday speech

Denotation

literal or dictionary meaning of a word

a word or language that has heavy emotional associations or connotations

 persuasive devide used to influence the reader's feelings

emotional and often creates +or- feeling

Distinguishing between statements of fact and statements of opinion is an important skill for readers in analyzing the text and recognizing how language can be used to convince us

.....can be proved by evidence to be either true or false. A ______can be checked either by consulting a reliable source or by personal observations

beliefs or conclusions that cannot be proved

_______ things allows us to recognize how they are alike and different and helps us to gather essential information and draw important conclusions

Compare

when we ______ things, we focus on how they are similar or alike. We examine what qualities they have in common

refers to an event or motivating factor that makes something else happen. It is the reason or basis for doing or feeling something

Effect

Paraphrase

 means to summarize something using other words in order to make it simpler or shorter without changing the meaning

shortened version of a selection that restates only the main points

Main Idea

the focus or central point of a piece of writing

Supporting Details

The statement about life that the author is communicating through the work. It is a message that unifies the work

____ is not the issue, or problem, or subject of a work. It is a comment the author makes about the issue, problem or subject

place of action in the story and the time the action occur

Patten of events that reveals what happens in the story

There are five stages to the devlopment of plot

exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution

the most intense moment in the story

First person point of view has the narrator 

(or speaker) as a character in the story

struggle between the character and something outside the character

Imagery

specific images that apeal to our senses. __________ can make us feel that we "are there," sharing the experience with the author

narrator as someone outside the story. This narrator knows only what can be observed int he story

Indirect characterization

characters can be classified by how complex or well developed they are

Static characters