9th grade – Need to Knows before the NC Final Exam Central idea – dominant or universal truth found in the story Theme – overlying message in a text, can be universal, a lesson to walk away with Imply – to suggest a meaning Infer/Inference – to draw meaning from information given Plot – series of events that make up the story Foreshadowing – use of hints and clues of what will happen in the future narrative Flashback – a transition in a story to an earlier time that interrupts the normal chronological order of events. Narrator – the one telling the story Author’s purpose – to entertain, inform, express an opinion, or to persuade Point of view – the perspective that the text is told from End rhyme – lines of a poem ending in words that sound the same Stanza – a poem paragraph; a group of lines in a poem Tone – the author’s attitude toward his/her work Concept – an idea Exemplifies – an example of Analyze – to study closely for the purpose of explaining (use details from the text) Dialogue – conversation between two or more people Figurative language – any language not meant to be taken literally Exaggeration – (Hyperbole – extreme exaggeration) the figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated Selection – the thing you are reading Objective summary – one sentence summary of the main idea; no flattery language Rhetoric – effective or persuasive language; direct language in a specific way to make a point or show the writer's point of view; it comes across in allusions, rhetorical question, hyperbole, repetition.
