Literary Terms and Concepts

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Central Message

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A lesson about life that the author of a story wants to share.

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Main Idea

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Something important that an author wants readers to understand about a topic.

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Inference / infer

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To draw a reasonable conclusion about an idea or event not directly stated in the text.

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Point of View

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How the author thinks and feels about a topic.

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Recount

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Retell the events and details of a story in the order in which they happened using your own words.

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Sequence of events

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Everything that happens in a story, in the order in which it happens.

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Theme

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An important message or lesson that the author wants to share about people or life.

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Categorize / Category

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To group related items.

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Supporting Details

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Facts that support the main idea of the text.

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Contrast

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To describe how two or more things are different.