A summary is a shortened, restatement that presents only the main details.
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What is inference?
Reading between the lines. Drawing conclusions. Making assumptions about the deeper meanings in a text by looking beyond the obvious details.
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This expository structure describes a topic in depth and includes lots of details about the thing being talked about.
Description
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What is the first thing you should read for any poem, story, or article?
The title. It can help you understand the text!
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What type of sentence is the following:
Without his team, the player felt like giving up.
Complex.
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What is diction?
Diction is an author's word choice. An author uses specific words to create different emotions in the reader. Diction is the difference between calling someone thin and calling someone scrawny.
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What are the three types of evidence?
logical, empirical, and anecdotal.
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This structure uses chronological order to explain, list, or present topics.
Sequence
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What is tone?
The author's attitude about the subject of the text. This is the feeling that the words convey.
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What is the dependent clause in the following sentence:
Because she lost her phone, Jenny felt like her whole world was being crushed.
"Because she lost her phone" - it can't stand on its own!
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What is imagery?
Imagery includes words and phrases that appeal to one of the 5 human senses (sight, touch, taste, see, hear).
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What is ethos?
Ethos is a persuasive appeal that builds an author's credibility. As a writer, you use ethos as a way to increase your reader's trust in what you are saying.
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This structures looks at the similarities and differences between two or more topics.
Compare/Contrast
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What is theme?
THE MEssage of the text, or the lesson to be learned from the text.
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What is the conjunction in the following sentence:
He raised his machete in the air, and he screamed.
"and"
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What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
A simile is a comparison between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as."
Example: The students ate the pizza like a pack of hyenas.
A metaphor is a direct comparison between two unlike things.
Example: The students were a pack of hyenas as they devoured the pizza.
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What is an anecdote?
An anecdote is a brief story about your own experience.
Example: One Christmas, I got 7 fish from Santa! But they all died on Christmas Day.
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This structure outlines one or more causes of an event, then describes the different effects that happen as a result.
Cause/Effect
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How can you tell if a theme statement you write is correct?
It can describe the message of the piece you're writing about, but it is universal enough to apply to other stories/movies/poems/etc.
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Which of the following sentences is complex?
Without water, the teenagers feared they would die in the desert.
The stuntman knew he could make the jump because his new motorcycle was so powerful.
Trick question! They're both complex!
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What is a critique?
A critique analyzes and offers judgments about what you read.
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What is contrast?
When an author includes two items that are completely different to show how unique something is.
Example: The freezing snow burned against Roger's face as he raced down the hill on his snowboard.
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This structure presents some kind of problem or question, then presents one or more answers to the problem.
Problem/Solution
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What is author's purpose?
Author's purpose is the reason why the author wrote the text: to persuade, to inform, to entertain, or to express thoughts/opinions.
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What is the independent clause in the following sentence:
The stuntman knew he could make the jump because his new motorcycle was so powerful.
"The stuntman knew he could make the jump" - this part of the sentence can stand on its own, so it's an INDEPENDENT CLAUSE.