Group A
The vantage point from which a story is told.
Point of view
To tell a story that you would enjoy and makes you laugh.
Entertain
To convince others to feel a particular way about a topic.
Persuade
Statements that cannot be proven true.
Opinions
A visual aid that condenses information into a series of rows, lines,or other shortened lists.
Charts, Tables, and Graphs
When the person telling the story is the main character.
First Person
The clear and easy expression of ideas either written or spoken.
Fluency
The attitude of the author toward the audience and characters.
Tone
A diagram or pictorial device that shows relationships.
Graphic Organizer
A judgment based on reasoning rather than something stated directly in the passage. "reading between the lines."
Inference
The narrator is talking to you.
Second Person
The center of interest or attention.
Focus
The fluency, rhythm and liveliness in writing that make it unique to the writer. Your written personality the "style" you write with (friendly, formal, every day, short/long sentences.
Voice
Photographs, drawing, maps, or other pictures that give additional information about the text.
Graphics
To examine and judge carefully.
Evaluate
Point of view in which the narrator is not in the story. Pronouns- they,them.
Third Person
To give information about a particular topic; to explain why something is important.
Inform
Text that is next to photo or graphic
Caption
The title at the start of a page or section, usually bold or dark print.
Heading
To restate the most important information in a text.
Summarize
The author's purpose for writing argumentative, persuade, inform, entertain.
Author's Purpose
How the author writes; an author's use of language; it effects and appropriates to the authors intent and theme.
Style
Statements that can be proven true.
Facts
A secondary heading, the mini-topic related to the heading.
Subheading
To restate a text or passage in other words, often to show understanding or clarify the meaning.
Paraphrase