English/Language Arts Vocabulary

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

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

The COLORFUL or FIGURATIVE meaning of a word is its

A source that can be trusted is

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

Textbooks, phone books, and dictionaries are examples of

The problem or struggle between characters in a story

If you do not cite your sources, it is called

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

Compare & Contrast: to CONTRAST is to look at the

The most important points or focus of a passage

The series of events that make up a story

You must give credit to your sources. This is called

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

To go into greater detail on a subject

The time and place in which a story takes place

The perspective from which the story is told

Compare & Contrast: Compare is to look at the

To study something closely; to study the parts of something

A type of literature