3/20 Key Terms

The way authors organize information in a text

• Convey

• Text Structure

• Text Organization

• Author's Purpose

To make an idea understandable to someone

• Convey

• Infer

• Perspective

• Point of View

The narrator's outlook or view on the story's events and characters

• Convey

• Infer

• Perspective

• Point of View

What the narrator or character telling the story can see/how the story is told (1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person)

• Convey

• Infer

• Perspective

• Point of View

The attitude that the narrator or character has about a subject

• Convey

• Mood

• Tone

• Infer

The overall emotion the author wants the reader to feel as they read the text

• Convey

• Mood

• Tone

• Infer

Facts to support your answer

• Proof

• Author's Purpose

• Tone

• Evidence

The author's reason or intent for writing a text

• Proof

• Author's Purpose

• Tone

• Evidence

When you read/listen closely to someone to figure out what they mean

• Infer

• Author's Purpose

• Tone

• Convey

To suggest without being explicitly stated

• Infer

• Imply

• Tone

• Convey