the most important idea expressed in a paragraph or text

the state of being almost alike; a resemblance

to make a decision about the plot of a story based on previous events in the story

the perspective from which the writer tells the story

using direct words from the text to support ideas//thoughts about the text

to retell the most important parts of a text in a much shorter space, and in your own words (beginning, middle, end)

devices such as figurative language, imagery, etc.

a personal belief or judgement that is not founded on proof or certainty

a figure of speech that compares two things using like or as

one to which prefixes and suffixes can be added

an important question that is in dispute and must be settled

the way a piece of writing is structured

an ideal accepted by some individual or group

a list found in the back of the book that gives definitions of unusual or hard words