Unit 2 Vocabulary

The message/moral of the story OR the central idea

• Central Idea

• Theme

• Thermos

• Main Idea

The author's attitude toward a subject.

• Author's Perspective

• Author's Opinion

• Author's Point of View

• Author's Prospects

Check all that apply: Informational Elements

• Central/Main Idea

• Supporting Evidence

• Pertinent Examples

• Info about real people, places, things, or events

• A Claim

An author’s reason for writing, such as to entertain, to inform, or to persuade

• Author's Purpose

• Author's Point of View

• Author's Theme

• Author's Argument

A text structure that explains how or why something happened

• cause and effect

• sequential

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

A text structure that presents a problem or series of problems with suggestions on how to solve them

• cause and effect

• problem/solution

• sequential

• cause and effect

A text structure that explains similarities and differences between two or more things

• cause and effect

• compare/contrast

• problem/solution

• sequential

A text structure in which events or steps are presented in the order in which they have taken place

• sequins

• compare/contrast

• sequential

• cause/effect

The order or pattern a writer uses to organize information.

• Narrative Structure

• Persuasive Structure

• Poetic Structure

• Text Structure

To examine the parts of something in detail

• Determine

• Analyze

• Break Apart

• Examine