Vocab 1
A conclusion derived from logical reasoning following an investigation of available evidence
What is an Inference or to Infer
A value statement(s) supported by evidence whose purpose is to persuade or explain
What is an argument?
The reason for a particular action or creation (e.g., literary work or speech); the reason for which something exists (e.g., to persuade, to inform, to express, and/or to entertain)
What is Author's Purpose?
The unifying concept within an informational text to which other elements and ideas relate
What is Central Idea or Main Idea?
A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox )
What is a Simile?
The primary organizing structure in poetry and verse that forms the basic recurring measure, generally separating one main idea, point, or event from another, similar to paragraphs in prose writing
What is a Stanza?
A small group of words representing a conceptual unit, containing either a subject or a verb, but not both. Both a subject and a verb would constitute a clause (e.g., “Running through the forest, she breathed in the fresh, crisp air.”)
What is a phrase?
A character who recounts the events of a novel or narrative poem
Who is a narrator?
To help to cause or bring about
What is to Contribute?
A brief account of a text’s central or main points, themes, or ideas that is free of bias, prejudice, and personal opinion and does not incorporate outside information
What is an objective summary?
To have a strong effect on someone or something
What is Impact?
To cause one to think that (something) exists or is the case
What is to suggest?
An attitude toward or outlook on something
What is perspective?
To state or assert that something is the case
What is to claim?
To communicate (a message or information)
What is conveyed?
The use of rich, colorful, precise language that communicates not just in a. functional way, but in a way that moves and enlightens the reader
What is word choice?
An abstract idea; a general notion
What is a concept?
A thing preliminary to something else, especially an explanatory section at the beginning of a book, report, or speech
What is an introduction?
The capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of someone or something, or the effect itself
What is to influence?
An explanation or justification for a claim, action, or value statement; the process of thinking through an argument, forming judgments, and drawing conclusions using a process of logic
What is Reason?
Used in pairs in various writing systems to set off direct speech, a quotation, or a phrase
What are quotation marks?
To repeat or copy out (a group of words from a text or speech), typically with an indication that one is not the original author or speaker
What is to quote?
The main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence
What is Plot?
To establish or indicate who or what (someone or something) is
What is to identify?
A brief statement of the main points of a larger work or text; the act of providing such a statement or account
What is to Summarize?