Argumentative text - Text that aims at persuading the reader (Opinions + facts), Informational text - Text that aims to teach the reader (Just Facts) , Argument / main claim - The author's big opinion , Craft  - The tools authors use, Rhetorical Questions  - Questions the author asks in a text, Direct Address  - When the author speaks directly to the reader, Stereotyping / Generalization  - a broad statement about a group that may not be true for all members, Controlling idea - The main idea of the whole text, Introduction - The first chunk, includes the controlling idea/argument, Conclusion - The last chunk, restates the controlling idea/argument, Supporting details - Small facts that give more information, Quotes/Dialogue - Words for word what someone said, Author's Purpose - Reason why the author wrote the text, Inference - A guess that requires evidence, Audience - Who the passage was written for, who was intended to read it, Organization - The order that the information is presented (compare/contrast, multiple examples, problem/solution, cause/effect, chronological/by time) , Context - The words/sentences surrounding an unknown word that can give clues to its meaning, Exposition - The beginning of a story, we meet the characters and the setting, Climax - The most exciting point/turning point of the story., Resolution - End of the story , Conflict - The big problem , Setting - Where and when the story happens, Mood - Emotions the author wants you to feel, Theme - The big message or lesson of the story , Simile - A comparison using like or as, Metaphor - A comparison without like or as, Personification - Giving a non-human human qualities or actions, Stanza - A chunk/paragraph of a poem , Figurative Language - Any "tricks" with words- simile, metaphor, personification, Stage Directions - Instructions for how the characters should move/act in a play,

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