Cassp English

Analyze

• break something down into parts

• to mention

• to find and point out

Argument

• The reason for which something is done

• Take a position on a problem and support it with reasons and evidence

• Who is telling the story

Author's Purpose

• Closely connected to

• Help prove your claim

• The reason why an author has decided to write about a specific topic.

Cause and effect

• Who is telling the story

• The event that happens first and the event that follows, or when one event brings about another

• To retell the main points of the story

Character

• A person

• To quote

• A person who appears in a story, book, play, movie, or television

Cite

• To quote

• Helps prove your point

• To outline

Claim

• Who is telling the story

• To find value or judge

• A position a writer takes on an issue or problem

Connection

• To mention

• A relationship between two or more things

• Who is telling the story

Determine

• To decide

• The reason for which something is done

• The life message of the story

Evaluate

• To find value or judge

• The feeling created in a story

• To put into different words