Literary Terms and Concepts

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Inference/Infer

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A guess based on evidence.

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Text Evidence

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Details from the text to support the point you are making (you have to look back in the text to find this).

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Supporting Details

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Facts, reasons, and examples that support the main or central idea.

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Central Idea/Main Idea

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What the story or text is all about.

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Theme

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What the author is trying to teach you; the message. Adages and proverbs are used as themes in stories/texts.

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Plot

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What happens in a story; it is made up of a series of events.

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Setting

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Where or when the story takes place.

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Text Structure

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How an author organizes their writing: Sequence/chronological order, Problem and solution, Compare and contrast, Cause and effect, Description.

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Characters

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The people, animals, or magical creatures who take part in the action of a story.

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Genre

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A specific type of music, film, or writing.