8th GA Milestone Key Term Review 2019

Inference

• to come to a reasonable conclusion based on evidence found in the text . By contrast, an explicit idea or message is fully stated or revealed by the author . The author tells the reader exactly what he or she needs to know .

• an overview of a passage that captures the main points but does not give every detail and does not include opinions .

• the most important point or idea that the author is making in a passage . The central idea is also known as the main idea .

• passages that are stories, dramas, or poems .

objective summary

• to come to a reasonable conclusion based on evidence found in the text . By contrast, an explicit idea or message is fully stated or revealed by the author . The author tells the reader exactly what he or she needs to know .

• an overview of a passage that captures the main points but does not give every detail and does not include opinions .

• the most important point or idea that the author is making in a passage . The central idea is also known as the main idea .

• passages that are stories, dramas, or poems .

central idea

• to come to a reasonable conclusion based on evidence found in the text . By contrast, an explicit idea or message is fully stated or revealed by the author . The author tells the reader exactly what he or she needs to know .

• an overview of a passage that captures the main points but does not give every detail and does not include opinions .

• the most important point or idea that the author is making in a passage . The central idea is also known as the main idea .

• passages that are stories, dramas, or poems .

characterization

• where and when a story takes place, including the time of day, the season, or the location

• the lesson or message

• refers to the way an author develops a character over the course of a text

• the exact words that are "spoken" by the character

setting

• where and when a story takes place, including the time of day, the season, or the location

• the lesson or message

• refers to the way an author develops a character over the course of a text

• the exact words that are "spoken" by the character

theme

• where and when a story takes place, including the time of day, the season, or the location

• the lesson or message

• refers to the way an author develops a character over the course of a text

• the exact words that are "spoken" by the character

dialogue

• where and when a story takes place, including the time of day, the season, or the location

• the lesson or message

• refers to the way an author develops a character over the course of a text

• the exact words that are "spoken" by the character

plot

• particular lines of dialogue or specific incidents in a story cause something to happen .

• exact words the characters are saying .

• the solution to the problem or the end of the main dramatic conflict .

• The specific order of a series of events that form a story

resolution

• particular lines of dialogue or specific incidents in a story cause something to happen .

• exact words the characters are saying .

• the solution to the problem or the end of the main dramatic conflict .

• The specific order of a series of events that form a story

propel the action

• particular lines of dialogue or specific incidents in a story cause something to happen .

• exact words the characters are saying .

• the solution to the problem or the end of the main dramatic conflict .

• The specific order of a series of events that form a story