Literary Concepts

Front

Point of view

Back

The perspective a story is told

Front

Author's purpose

Back

The author's reason for writing a text

Front

Text structure

Back

The way an author organizes a text

Front

Problem and solution

Back

The author identifies a problem and gives a solution

Front

Compare and contrast

Back

Text that talks about the similarities and differences between a topic

Front

Text evidence

Back

Information from text that supports your answer

Front

Chronological order

Back

Telling a story in time order

Front

Cause and effect

Back

Explains why something happened and what happened as a result

Front

Central idea

Back

The main point of a text

Front

Summarize

Back

Taking a text and retelling the main points.