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 * Target Words:** Words that students are expected to know. Often students are asked to identify other words that are antonyms and synonyms of target words. Sometimes students are asked to identify the meaning of a target word given in context.


 * Text Structure:** The author’s method of organizing a text.


 * //Literary Structure//**//:// An organizational structure found in fiction or literary nonfiction (e.g., foreshadowing, flashback).

//**Nonfiction Structure**:// An organizational structure found in nonfiction (e.g., sequence, question-answer, cause-effect, problem –solution, etc.).


 * Theme:** A topic of discussion or writing; a major idea broad enough to cover the entire scope of a literary work.


 * Thesis:** The basic argument advanced by a speaker or writer who then attempts to prove it; the subject or major argument of a speech or composition.


 * Third Person:** A perspective in literature, the "third person" point of view presents the events of the story from outside of any single character's perception, much like the omniscient point of view, but the reader must understand the action as it takes place and without any special insight into characters' minds or motivations.


 * Tone:** The attitude of the author toward the audience and characters (e.g., serious or humorous).


 * Trace:** To follow from the beginning.