English Key Terms

a universal message that can apply to real life or other stories

• thesis

• central idea

• theme

• foreshadowing

• context

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

the main point an author makes in a non-fiction text

• flashback

• theme

• foreshadowing

• argument

• central idea

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

details authors provide that hint at an event that will happen later in the story

• argument

• foreshadowing

• thesis

• theme

• central idea

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a claim that a writer is defending in a paragraph or short response

• context

• foreshadowing

• argument

• flashback

• central idea

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

a claim that a writer is defending in an essay

• thesis

• argument

• context

• foreshadowing

• central idea

information that clarifies what is happening in a moment or situation

• flashback

• symbol

• context

• central idea

• foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5