Argument and Informational Skills
An author's main position or statement on a debatable issue, which requires evidence to support, is known as this.
What is a CLAIM?
The central message, moral, or deeper insight an author conveys through a text is known as this. It can connect universally to mankind.
What is THEME?
"The angry ocean roared at the shore" uses this literary device by giving human emotions to non-human elements.
What is PERSONIFICATION?
A person, place, thing, or idea vs. a describing word/words
What is a noun vs. an adjective?
A statement that can be objectively proven true or false, like data or records, vs. a personal judgment, perception, or claim.
What is fact vs. opinion?
An author's attitude toward their subject matter, revealed through their specific word choices (diction), is called this.
What is TONE?
Key details specific to a text that answer the question, 'What is the story mostly about' is called this.
What is MAIN IDEA or CENTRAL IDEA?
Textual descriptions like "the whistling wind" and "the crash of trampling surf" appeal to the sense of hearing, making them this type of sensory imagery.
What is IMAGERY?
In the sentence "She was an entitled person," the word is an adjective; in "She acted with entitlement," the word shifts to this part of speech.
What is a noun?
When an introductory dependent clause opens a sentence (e.g., "When I woke up in the morning..."), it must be followed by this punctuation mark before the main clause.
What is a COMMA?
An author asks this without expecting an answer—such as "Was the trip important enough to justify the cost?"
What is RHETORICAL QUESTION?
Authors slow down the action during a critical moment to dwell on high stakes or possible tragic outcomes to build this in a story.
What is TENSION or SUSPENSE?
The overall emotional feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader is called this.
What is MOOD?
Knowing that the Latin root/prefix mal- means "bad" or "evil," the word malefactor refers to a person who has done this.
What is committed a crime or evil deed?
A comma splice between two independent clauses (e.g., "The storm raged, the ship sank") can be fixed by replacing the comma with this mark of punctuation.
What is a SEMICOLON?
An author asks a rhetorical question without expecting an answer to serve what purpose?
What is emphasizing a point or making the reader question an assumption?
To make an accurate inference in a text, you need textual evidence and THIS.
What is background knowledge?
Tactile Imagery appeals to the sense of what?
What is TOUCH?
Words like "trouble," "crisis," and "disaster" surrounding an unknown word in a paragraph provide context to show that the unknown word has this type of connotation.
What is a negative connotation?
To introduce non-essential information describing an object after a comma, you should replace the word 'that' with this relative pronoun.
In order for an information text to remain unbiased, it must...
What is present trustworthy evidence from multiple sources from multiple perspectives?
A poem that tells a complete story—including a plot, characters, and setting—often structured with rhyming stanzas, is known as this type of poem?
What is a NARRATIVE poem?
Beyond rhythm and flow, what purpose does repetition serve in a poem?
What is to emphasize core ideas or reinforce important details?
Vain is an adjective meaning narcissistic, conceited, or full of oneself. What is the noun form of this word that someone would then have?
What is vanity?
To properly introduce a list of items following a complete independent clause, use this punctuation mark.
What is a COLON?