INTERPRET Understand and explain the meaning of
K
KEY DETAILS Points of information in a text that strongly
support the meaning or tell the story
M
MAIN IDEA The chief topic of a passage expressed or implied
in a word or phrase
METAPHOR A type of comparison in which a word or
MOOD The emotion(s) expressed by an author or artist
his or her work
N
characters say and do
NARRATOR
account or story
O
OPINION
P
PARAPHRASE
words
PERSONIFICATION When an inanimate object or an abstract concept
is spoken of as though it were endowed with life
or with human attributes or feelings (e.g., The
sun smiled down on us.)
A position from which something is considered
PLOT
PREFIX
disconnect)
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