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Textual Evidence- ANSWER words from a text used to support inferences and claims. Analyze - ANSWER to examine methodically by separating into parts and studying theirinterrelations.
Inference - ANSWER An educated guess that is made or an idea that is given basedupon information read; not word for word in a text, but clear when you "read between the lines" Explicit - ANSWER Words stated directly and exactly from a text Theme - ANSWER A central idea or lesson the author is revealing - Honesty is the bestpolicy.
Plot - ANSWER Events that happened in a story exposition, rising action, climax, fallingaction, resolution
Central Idea - ANSWER Main point in a piece of writing, what the text is mainly about Summary - QUESTION A condensed, factual account of the text that outlines mainpoints; NO personal opinions
Objective - QUESTION Dealing with facts only, little emotion, with NO partiality to oneside or the other
Complex Characters - QUESTION Those characters who have multiple and/or
conflicting motivations Literal Language - QUESTION Says precisely what it means Figurative Language - QUESTION Contains imagery that is NOT meant to be takenliterally
Simile - ANSWER a comparison of two things using "like" or "as" Metaphor - ANSWER a comparison that doesn't use "like" or "as" and is more directthan a simile
Personification - ANSWER giving human qualities to a non-human thing Hyperbole - ANSWER extreme exaggeration Allusion - ANSWER making reference to something familiar to most readers, it could befrom history, literature, pop culture, mythology, etc.
Alliteration- ANSWER the repetition of beginning sounds in words that are closetogether
Assonance- ANSWER the repetition of accented vowed sounds in a series of words Onomatopoeia- ANSWER the use of words that mimic the sounds they describe Technical Meaning - ANSWER highlighting words and concepts that only a person reallyinto the subject matter would know - example - "stem" as used in an article on flowers vs. "stem" as used in an article on cell research
(example - audio, video) Argument - ANSWER a reason or set of reasons given with the aim of persuading othersthat an action or idea is right or wrong
Credibility - ANSWER the quality of being trusted and believed in Claim - ANSWER an assertion or declaration of the truth; proved using textual evidence Counterclaim - ANSWER to answer a claim made to contradict a previous claim Debate - ANSWER a formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting in whichopposing arguments are put forward
Relevant - ANSWER appropriate to the matter at hand Sufficient - ANSWER enough and adequate Fallacy - ANSWER incorrect reasoning; misleading or unsound argument. (example -People who sneeze have allergies. Katy sneezed, so she must have allergies. )
Seminal Document - ANSWER document strongly influencing later developments Transition - ANSWER a passage in a piece of writing that smoothly connects two topicsor sections to each other.
Cohesion - ANSWER concerns the flow of sentences and paragraphs from one toanother; it involves the tying together of old information and new.
Explain - ANSWER to make clear or easier to understand; to clear confusion oruncertainly
Informational/Explanatory- ANSWER writing that provides information accurately, itserves one or more closely related purposes: to increase readers' knowledge of a subject, to help readers better understand a procedure or process, of to providereaders with an enhanced comprehension of a concept.
Narrative- ANSWER writing that provides an account of experience, real or imagined,and utilizes time as its deep structure
Audience - ANSWER who is going to read or listen to your words Revise - ANSWER to change something that has been written or printed, in order tocorrect mistakes, enhance, to bring up to date; clarity for misunderstanding, addition and deletion of information Edit - ANSWER to get ready, usually for publication or presentation, written material, bycorrecting errors in capitalization, punctuation, grammar, spelling, etc.
Research - ANSWER the systematic investigation into and study of materials andsources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions
Synthesize - ANSWER students put the parts they've learned together into a whole tocreate a new meaning or structure
Plagiarism - ANSWER using someone else's ideas or words as your own Paraphrase - ANSWER to restate a text or passage in another form or other words Formal - ANSWER style or writing or public speaking characterized by being more
