Best Evidence: A sentence from the text that proves your answer, A direct quote that supports your idea, Part of the story that clearly shows the character’s action, Text detail you can point to when explaining your answer, Inference: A guess based on text clues + your own knowledge, Reading between the lines, Understanding what the author implies but doesn’t say, Using clues from the story to figure out a character’s feelings, Characterization: Direct → Author tells you what a character is like, Indirect → Author shows character through actions, speech, thoughts, appearance, or effect on others, “What the character does” is a clue to their personality, “How other characters react” helps you understand someone in the story, Mood: Mood, The feeling the story gives the reader, Created by word choice, setting, and events, How the story makes you feel, not the character, Examples: calm, tense, happy, nervous, reflective, Setting: Where and when the story happens, Can include time period, place, or surroundings, Affects how characters behave and what happens, Example: Cafeteria, bedroom, forest, 1800s town, Theme: The main message or lesson of the story, What the story is really about, Usually broad ideas, not just one word, Examples: friendship, bravery, family love, accepting change,

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