Logical conclusion based on the reader's background knowledge and text clues

Reason the author writes: persuade, inform, entertain, describe.

The way writing is organized, such as paragraphs, chapters, stanzas (Or organizational style such as cause-effect, chronological order, compare-contrast)

The moral or message readers should learn from the story  (Does the character learn something or change?  How is conflict resolved?)

What makes something happen

main character who carries the action forward; in almost every scene (hero)

How the text makes the reader feel (Ex. Peaceful, eerie, humorous, sad)

A group of lines in a poem that look like a paragraph

Words that may not literally mean what they say

story is told in time order (common in narrative stories or biographies)

People, animals, or creatures in a story or drama

The voice that tells the story

Problem the character must resolve

Uses "I" and is usually the main character in the story

personality or physical characteristics that define who the character is

series of events that increase tension and move the plot toward the climax

Tell in your own words what a passage is about including only the central idea and most important supporting details. Does not include opinions or judgement.

Comparison of unlike things that uses "like" "as" or "than" (Ex. This room is like an oven.)

Extreme exaggeration (Ex. My backpack weighs a ton.)

The narrator of a poem

Text that comes from the story used to support your analysis

Word groups that do not literally mean what they say (Ex. Put a lid on it.)

A little story or small piece of information

character or force who opposes the protagonist (villain)

turning point in the plot; the "OMG" moment when a decision, action, or event answers the reader's BIG question

What happens as a result of something else

the narrator or a character in the story tells us exactly what we need to know about a character

Uses "you" and reader is a character in the story

Events that occur after the climax and the loose ends are being tied up and before the end of the story

read and examine text in detail looking for important ideas

Time when the conflict is resolved at the end of the story

Author's attitude about their subject (Ex. Admiring, critical, nostalgic, sarcastic)

How two texts or things are different

Speaking of a nonhuman thing as if it has human feelings or actions (Ex. The wind moaned.)

an object represents an idea (Ex. Rose represents beauty; Rain represents sadness)

Sequence of events that tell a story from beginning to end

Feelings and ideas associated with a word meaning. 

Comparison of unlike things that states or implies that one thing is the other (Ex. It is an oven in here.)

Narrator is not a character in the story and refers to all characters as "he" or "she"