Literature is a collective term used to describe written works, including anything from creative writing to more technical or scientific works.

​​Literature

Evidence refers to materials, including examples and quotations, an author uses to supper their position or argument.

​​Evidence

An inference is an educated guess about something implied based on information already given in a selection.

Inference

The central idea is the most important part of a selection. It usually conveys a message, lesson, or moral.

Central Idea

Supporting details include facts, descriptions, and examples that describe the central idea and make it stronger.

Supporting details

Summarizing involves making a short description of a selection which expresses the central idea and major supporting details.

Summarizing

The five W’s and H refer to the questions “who,” “what,” “Where,” “When,” “Why,” and “How”

Five W’s and H