Author's Purpose
Author's Tone
Fact and Opinion
Essays and Articles
Wildcard
100
The general and specific effects that the author hopes to have on the readers
What does the author's purpose include?
100
Unstated attitude or feeling toward the subject
What is the author's tone?
100
A piece of information that can be proven
What is a fact?
100
A form of expository writing in which the author's general purpose is to present information
What is an essay?
100
Someone's belief, judgment, or conclusion
What is an opinion?
200
To inform, to entertain, and to persuade
What are three reasons that writers write?
200
The accepted definition for a term, or the one you would find in a dictionary
What is denotation?
200
To research and find information that would prove an author's statement to be true or false
What is the key to identifying a fact?
200
Title, introduction, thesis, body, topic sentence, and conclusion
What are the six points in an essay?
200
Objective and serious
What tones do textbook authors often use?
300
Describe, explain, discuss, introduce, and clarify
What would an author who wants to inform his or her audience do?
300
An implied or emotional meaning
What is connotation?
300
They support another statement or idea; or they may include descriptions gathered from observations
What are two ways that facts are used?
300
By looking for the author's main idea and how it is developed
How do critical readers analyze an essay?
300
Capital, bold, or italic font
What do authors use to emphasize terms?
400
Directly or implied
How can the author's purpose be stated?
400
By paying attention to the feelings they have when they read the words and how the terms are usually used
How does the reader identify the author's tone?
400
By drawing logical conclusions from what the author has stated and their own background knowledge
How do critical readers infer or figure out unstated messages?
400
To provide a report of an event, situation, or new discovery
What is the purpose of an article?
400
To attract the readers attention
What is the purpose of a title?
500
The author presents the information; the reader has to figure out the information
What is the difference between literal comprehension and inferential comprehension
500
Objective or subjective; unfavorable or favorable; serious, humorous, or emotional
What three categories might be used to describe the author's tone?
500
Could someone agree with all or part of this statement?
What is a question you could ask yourself to identify an opinion?
500
Because the author's personal opinion isn't involved in this type of writing
Why do articles not have a thesis?
500
PDQ3R
What can critical readers use to analyze the structural elements in both essays and articles? (Pre-read, Divide, Question, Read, Recite and Review.)
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