Quizlet Vocab 22-23

To look at something carefully by paying attention to its parts

• analyze

• guess

• read

• simile

The reason the author has for writing. ( Inform, persuade, express, & entertain)

• reasonings

• tone

• Authors purpose

• perspective

The reason something happens and the result of it happening.

• Compare and contrast

• formulate

• infer

• Cause and effect

The most important point the author makes

• Authors purpose

• central idea/main idea

• argument

• commentary

The act of creating AND developing a character

• main character

• characters in a story

• Character development

• characterization

Quote

• MLA format

• cite

• paraphrasing

• claim

The writer's position on an issue

• claim

• suggestion

• formulate

• infer

A struggle between opposing forces

• argument

• judgment

• authors purpose

• conflict

Clues in surrounding text that help the reader determine the meaning of an unknown word

• predictions

• text structure

• Context clues

• theme

proof that something is true

• Evidence

• argument

• claims

• proof reading