Vocabulary 1
What does behave mean?
Claim
Why the author wrote the text or why they included something in the text
Author's Purpose
True or False: You must use BOTH texts to get the right answer if the questions ask you about similarities and differences.
TRUE!!!
What does significant mean?
important
When the story goes back in time to an event that happened before the story.
Flashback
A short story about real life used to make a point
Anecdote
The main events of the story in order is called the...
plot
Do we need the comma?
The girl sat on a bench this morning, and a chair this afternoon.
NO!! There is no complete sentence after the AND.
When and where the story takes place is called the...
Setting
What does contribute mean?
to add, to help
"The reader can conclude" means...
The reader can infer or figure out
When you use like or as to compare two different things
simile
What is wrong with the sentence?
The man rode the bus to work today, he rode a bicycle on the way home.
It is a splice. Cannot have just a comma there, also need a conjuction or make it two seprate sentences with a period.
When a line in a poem ends it is called the...
line break
What does Controlling Idea mean?
the main idea, central idea, key idea
What does MAIN CLAIM mean?
The number one claim, the main thing you want to prove
What does MOOD mean?
the feelings or emotions of the story
True or False: Don't EVER read anything twice.
FAAAAAAAAAALSE!!!!
What does "more effective" mean?
Better
How information is organized in a text.
Organizational pattern
What is the purpose of argumentative texts?
to try to prove something
to persuade
Fiction that could happen in real life is called...
Realistic Fiction
True or False: If the question gives you four different definitions to chose from, use the dictionary to find the right one.
FALSE!!!
The word choice and the way an author writes is called...
Voice