author - person who wrote the text, informational text - a written text to inform or to give facts about a topic, figurative language - language that is not literal, usually comparing two things, genre - a type of text written in many ways, glossary - part of the text found on the last page, text features - side-bar, captions, headings, title, maps, timeline,table of contents, bold prints, charts, graphs, photographs, subheading - a phrase in a larger font than the text, but smaller the main heading, visual aids - the variety of graphics that are helpful for readers to deepen their understanding of the text, theme - the central message or messages of the text or what the story is really about, illustrations - all graphics that are in the text, including drawings, photographs, and paintings, character development - the way characters change over time and in response to events in the story, conflict - the kinds of clashes that create the problem( person against person, society, nature and self), rising action - series of important event , personification - she brings a ray of sunshine when she walks in the room, table of contents - a list of the major sections or informational divisions of a text, problem or conflict - the central issue or conflict that characters in the story face, non -fiction text - also known as informational text, fiction text - consist of plot diagram , summary  - found a the back of the book and important for readers to read it, idioms - I am so hungry I can eat a whole pan of lasagna,

Terminology in Literacy

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