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Terms: set 1
Essential terms for English
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| analyze | to examine carefully in detail to identify causes and key factors |
| Infer | to guess and or speculate with clues from a passage/situation. |
| Evaluate | carefully determine the significance |
| Summarize | To reword a passage in your own word in a shorter version |
| rhetoric | persuasive speech and or writing |
| Central Idea | Also known as the main idea |
| Theme | The lesson learned from the selection |
| Tone | The author's attitude about the written piece |
| Mood | How you the reader feels when reading a selection |
| Character | a person and or animal that is in the action of a literary work and or story. |