Academic Vocab Flashcards
Genre
A category of literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content.
Author’s Purpose
The reason for writing: to entertain, inform, or persuade.
Point of View
The perspective from which something is written.
Tone
The mood or emotions that come across in an author’s writing.
Theme
The message, moral, or lesson learned from a text.
Main Idea
The most important information that tells what the text is about.
Supporting Details
Provide information from the text to clarify, prove, or explain the main idea.
Descriptive Language
Using detailed words or phrases to create a picture in the reader’s mind.
Imagery
Using detailed words or phrases to create a picture in the reader’s mind that connects to one or more of the five senses: sight, sound, taste, smell, and touch.
Textual Evidence
A piece of information from a text that is used to support your answers, ideas, opinions, and arguments.
