Reading Terms

a judgement based on personal point of view

the problem or struggle in a story

the authors intent- inform, persuade, entertain

a comparison not using like or as

and exaggeration or overstatement

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central idea or lesson to be learned in a text passage

time and place in which a story takes place

giving human qualities to non human like things

text structure where the author organizes the similarities and differences between two things

a category to classify a literary works

the story of a real persons life written by that person

the story of a persons life written by someone else

comparison using like or as

repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words

the events in a story; rising action, problem, climax, solution

the authors central idea or thought

nonfiction text that conveys information

the type of narrator telling the story (1st, 2nd,3rd)

text structure that shows order of events in time order