Test Taking Terms Part 2 Student

Name:____________________________

What the story or passage is

Main Idea
mostly about
Tone is the authors attitude;
Mood (Or Tone) Mood is the feeling you get
as a reader
The person who is telling the
Point of View story; usually classified as
1st , 2nd or 3rd person.

Setting Where the story takes place

The problem is what is wrong

Problem/Solution in the story; solution is how
the problem is solved.
The reason an author decides to
Authors Purpose/Authors write about a particular topic:
Message Examples: to persuade, to
inform, to entertain, etc.

The correct order that a story

Sequence
or passage should be in

A short statement of the

Summarize main points of a passage or
paragraph
Hints that an author gives to help define a
difficult or unusual word. The clue may
Context Clues appear within the same sentence as the
difficult word, or it may be found in the text
near the word.
 The message or lesson that
Theme the author wants you to learn
from the story or passage