Literary and Textual Concepts

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Theme

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The overall message or lesson of a story.

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Inference

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Using clues to form an educated guess about the text based on details, prior knowledge, and common sense.

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Perspective

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The narrator or character’s point of view about something.

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Excerpt

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A short section taken from a play, film, or written work.

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Summarize

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Telling the most important parts of a text, in your own words, in a much shorter way.

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Interpret

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To think deeply about and explain the meaning of.

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Cause

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Something or someone that brings about a result or effect. Example: A candle was the cause of the fire.

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Effect

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Something produced by a cause. Example: The effect of the snowstorm was a day off from school.

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Compare

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To describe the similarities.

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Contrast

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To compare two or more things to show their differences.