ENGLISH Concepts Terms Ideas

A word or phrase that has the opposite meaning.

• Author's purpose

• Synonym

• Antonym

• Abductive Reasoning

A word or phrase that has a similar meaning.

• Setting

• Synonym

• SimileSymbolism

The message, moral, central idea of the text. Ex: good versus evil

• Theme

• Plot

• Conflict

• Tone

The emotional atmosphere and vibe of the text.

• Tone

• Metaphor

• Perspective

• Mood

The narrator's attitude, how the voice sounds.

• Tone

• Theme

• Implicit

• Explicit

The reason why the author writes the text: to persuade, inform, or entertain.

• Antonym

• Abductive Reasoning

• Author's purpose

• Allusion

The time and place of the text. Could be past, present, or future.

• Symbolism

• Suffixes

• Synonym

• Setting

 The way in which the text was written: 1st (I), 2nd (you), 3rd (they).

• Plot

• Personification

• Point of view

• Pathos

the problem or issue in the text.

• Conflict

• Claim

• Chronological

• Cause and Effect

The structure in which the text of a story moves: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution.

• Pathos

• Personification

• Prefixes

• Plot