Language Arts - Vocabulary

The COLORFUL or FIGURATIVE meaning of a word is its

A brief statement of the main ideas and supporting details of a text

The problem or struggle between characters in a story

A type of literature

You must give credit to your sources. This is called

The most important points or focus of a passage

The series of events that make up a story

Textbooks, phone books, and dictionaries are examples of

Compare & Contrast:  to CONTRAST is to look at the

If you do not cite your sources, it is called

Words have multiple meanings.  The DIRECT or DICTIONARY meaning of a word is it's

The time and place in which a story takes place

To study something closely; to study the parts of something

Compare & Contrast:  Compare is to look at the

The moral of the story or the lesson the reader learns from reading

To go into greater detail on a subject

A claim is just a statement.  It is not an ARGUMENT until you support your claim with

A source that can be trusted is

The moment of maximum intensity or a major turning point in the story

The perspective from which the story is told