a group of words with a subject and a verb that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence
What is a dependent/subordinate clause?
author's attitude
What is tone?
Explains an action, event, or decision and what happens as a result.
What is Cause-Effect?
specific information pulled from an original source to support a claim, argument, or idea
What is textual evidence?
repeating a word or phrase for emphasis
What is repetition?
a group of words that starts with a preposition and ends with its object
What is a prepositional phrase?
the emotional atmosphere or feeling that a piece of writing evokes in the reader
What is mood?
Organizes events, steps, or procedures in the exact order they happen in time.
What is Sequential/Chronological?
a conclusion or educated guess that you reach by combining evidence, observations, and background knowledge
What is an inference?
a prompt that tells an audience what next step to take
What is a call to action?
a dependent group of words containing a subject and a verb that functions as an adverb to modify a verb, adjective, or other adverb in the main sentence
What is an adverbial clause?
the primary reason or motivation behind why a writer creates a text
What is author's purpose?
Examines the similarities and differences between two or more subjects, ideas, or objects.
What is Compare-Contrast?
hints in the surrounding text that help readers figure out the meaning of unfamiliar words without using a dictionary
What are context clues?
He supported his reasoning with _______.
What is evidence?
"Extend an invitation to ______ you think might be interested."
What is whomever?
the central struggle in a text; often drives the plot, builds tension, and reveals motivation
What is conflict?
Introduces an issue or difficulty and then explains one or more ways to resolve it.
What is Problem-Solution?
She used a direct ________ as textual evidence to support her analysis.
What is a quote?
A direct quotation can serve as a strategic tool to build credibility (______), logic (______), and emotion (______).
ethos, logos, pathos
punctuation marks used to separate ideas, words, or phrases in a sentence to improve clarity
What is a comma?
the universal lesson or message of a text
What is theme?
Persuades the reader to accept a specific claim by presenting reasons, evidence, and a conclusion.
What is Argument?
the emotional, cultural, or social feeling a word carries
What is connotation?
Rhetoric is the art of __________.
What is persuasion?