What is autism? How does it affect behavior? Students will find evidence of the author's tone or purpose for writing the article, as well as hints that show evidence of opinion. Includes a video clip from the movie "Rainman", and an...

This downloadable slideshow focuses on how an author's purpose and point of view work together in fiction and nonfiction, and how to identify the point of view.

Answer multiple-choice questions about the author's point of view and identifying the author's purpose within a short text in this ten question pretest.

Purpose of reference questions ask you to identify why the author referred to something in a certain part of the text. In other words, what was the point of including the reference?

Learners will read an article and determine the author's point and identify the reasons the author gives to support his or her point. This lesson requires analysis by the students and a great deal of higher-order thinking as they...

This learning module provides remediation and extra practice with identifying themes in short stories and in fables. Nine different worksheets and a PowerPoint lesson are available to help reinforce the concept of theme.

Learn about figurative language and how to determine the figurative, denotative, and connotative meanings of words.