Mood - The emotions that a text makes the reader feel, Tone - General feeling or attitude given by the author, Claim - An answer to a debatable question; to state one side of an argument as truthful, Support - To back up or justify your claim or argument with evidence, Evaluate - To make a judgment on a topic, Cite - To quote specific evidence from a text or source, Chronological - Arrangement of events in the order in which they occurred, Figurative Language - Words or phrases used for effect, humor, or exaggeration, instead of their literal meaning, Contrast - To find differences between texts or subject matter, Symbol - An object, person, situation, or action that has one meaning but can represent something else, Stanza - A group of lines in a poem, Trait - A specific characteristic or quality of a character or object, Fiction - Written work created from the imagination, and is not presented as fact, though it may be based on actual events, Plot - The sequence of events throughout a story, Author's Perspective - The way an author looks at a topic or idea, Connotation - Feelings or ideas connected to a single word,

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