Language and Literature Review

central idea

• anecdotes (stories), expert opinions, or statistics (numbers) that support the claim
• arranges events by time and dates
• author's message in nonfiction
• what the author believes

argument

• arranges events by time and dates
• narrator is a character in the story
• includes claim, reasons, and evidence
• turning point or highest point of suspense

perspective

• at the end in the resolution and/or character change
• problem in the story
• offers a point of view
• title, introduction, and conclusion

claim

• author's message in nonfiction
• anecdotes (stories), expert opinions, or statistics (numbers) that support the claim
• what the author believes
• time and place of story

Where do you find the central idea or claim?

• author's message or lesson in fiction
• time and place of story
• title, introduction, and conclusion
• structure of a story (fiction)

evidence

• detail does not show an obvious connection to the central idea or claim
• author's message in nonfiction
• anecdotes (stories), expert opinions, or statistics (numbers) that support the claim
• solution to the conflict

relevant detail

• detail that clearly connects with a central idea or claim
• narrator telling the story
• detail that clearly connects with a central idea or claim
• shows how things are alike and different

irrelevant detail

• includes claim, reasons, and evidence
• title, introduction, and conclusion
• detail does not show an obvious connection to the central idea or claim
• shows how one event causes other events to happen

structure

• lesson taught in the story
• structure of a story (fiction)
• organization of a text
• puts events in order

problem/solution

• narrator is a character in the story
• turning point or highest point of suspense
• provides a solution to a problem
• provides a solution to a problem