Audience and Purpose
This term names the group of readers a writer has in mind; writers choose words and details based on who will read their work.
Audience
A source created at the time of the event by someone who experienced or witnessed it is called a _________.
Primary Source
The order that arranges events by time from first to last is called ________ ________.
Chronological Order
A written account of someone's life composed by another person is called a ________.
Biography
When you use clues from the text plus your own reasoning to draw a logical conclusion, you are making a(n) ________.
Inference
This is the main reason an author writes a text when the goal is to give facts or explain something.
Purpose to Inform
A source that interprets or analyzes primary materials, often written later, is called a _________.
Secondary Source
A true statement that can be proven or verified is called a ________.
Fact
A short, memory-based account focusing on specific events or moments from the author's life is called a ________.
Memoir
The most important point or controlling idea of a paragraph or whole text is called the ______ ______.
Main Idea
When evidence or details do not help prove an author's point or are off-topic, they are described with this adjective.
Irrelevant
The page at the end of a research paper that lists full publication information for sources cited in the text is commonly called this _________.
Works Cited (or Work Cited Page)
The single sentence that states the central claim of an essay, usually found in the introduction, is the ________ ________.
Thesis Statement
A written work whose primary goal is to present facts, explain, or teach the reader falls under which purpose category?
Purpose to Inform
When analyzing sources, the idea of distinguishing between direct evidence and someone else's interpretation corresponds to comparing primary and ________ sources.
Secondary
A short restatement that captures the most important ideas of a text, not including minor details or opinions.
Summary
When you restate someone else's idea in your own words to avoid copying directly, that is called a _________.
Paraphrase
A short account of the main points of a longer text that leaves out details and examples is called a _______
Summary
The intended reader and the writer's chosen style together form this combined consideration that shapes how a text is written.
Audience
A brief restatement that captures the main idea and most important supporting details of a passage, written in the student’s own words, is called a ________ .
Summary
The process of judging a piece of writing for strengths and weaknesses and offering suggestions for improvement is called this.
Critique
Giving credit in the text (or footnote) to the original source of an idea or quote so readers can find it is called this.
Citation
An account of a person's life written by themselves is called an ________.
Autobiography
The list of sources used in a paper that appears at the end and follows a formal style guide is often titled this.
Works Cited Page
A clearly stated position in an essay that you will support with reasons and evidence is known as the ________.
Thesis Statement