the emotions of the characters

the time and place

a character's personality

a lesson or message

What the text directly says

Throwing a dart at your answers, seeing where it lands, and choosing the corresponding choice

An educated guess based on text evidence

Language whose meaning is different than what is literally stated

A character's personality

The character's problem - internal or external

The time and place

The lesson or message

persistent

confident

insecure

lazy

Words or phrases that do not mean exactly what they say

Words that convey mood and tone

Words that means exactly what they say

Words and phrases that give clues to what an unknown word means

personification

metaphor

simile

hyperbole

metaphor

simile

personification

hyperbole

the main idea of a text

the evidence an author uses to support a claim

the subjective point of view of an author

why an author wrote a text

a quote from a friend

evidence

opinions

rephrasing their claim in different ways

theme

author's purpose

context clues

inference