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Things an author adds to a text to help readers understand a topic/idea (pictures, charts/graphs, subheadings, etc.)

• Text Structure

• Context Clues

• Text Features

• Connotation

Things in a text that help a reader figure out the definition of an unknown word.

• Diction/Word Choice

• Connotation

• Figurative Meaning

• Context Clues

How an author organized information in a text

• Diction/Word Choice

• Figurative Meaning

• Text Structure

• Text Features

A word’s deeper meaning; what a word represents.

• Denotation

• Connotation

• Figurative Meaning

• Author's Purpose

The writer’s attitude towards the subject he/she is writing about.

• Meaning

• Mood

• Tone

• Theme

The words an author chooses to use in a text.

• Figurative Meaning

• Context Clues

• Diction

• Word Choice

The reason an author wrote a text (PIE: persuade, inform, entertain).

• Author's Purpose

• Meaning

• Text Structure

• Tone

repetition of the beginning consonant sound

• allegory

• alliteration

• assonance

• onomatopoeia

reference to something well-known, usually mythical, Biblical, or historical

• foreshadowing

• allegory

• allusion

• alliteration

the way an author reveals his/her characters: thoughts, feelings, actions, words. 

• foreshadowing

• hyperbole

• idiom

• characterization