Vocabulary
Expository Text
Persuasive Text
Vocabulary II
Organizational Patterns
100
a type of poem shaped to look like their subjects. The poet arranges the line to create a picture on the page.
What is a concrete poem?
100
The way a text is organized
What is organizational structure?
100
an appeal that attempts to stir up readers' feelings
What is an emotional appeal?
100
the people who watch, read, or listen to something
What is an audience?
100
What is an organizational pattern that traces the reasons underlying a chain of events?
What is Cause-And-Effect?
200
the story of a person’s life written by that person
What is an autobiography?
200
This is also called the "Thesis Statement."
What is the Main Idea?
200
What is an appeal that uses convincing reasons and evidence to support a position?
What is a logical appeal?
200
Constructing meaning and connecting ideas as you read
What is Synthesize?
200
An organizational pattern that shows similarities and differences between things.
What is Comparison-And-Contrast?
300
the act of using another person's words or ideas without giving credit to that person
What is plagiarism?
300
This type of paragraph comes after the introduction, and supports the main idea.
What is a Body Paragraph?
300
an appeal that presents information that readers will evaluate based on their feelings of right or wrong along with other values or ethics.
What is an ethical appeal?
300
When you ask questions about what you read, make predictions, pay attention to text features, and make inferences and comparisons while reading
What is Active Reading?
300
An organizational pattern that describes a series of events in which each event builds on earlier ones in the order they happened.
What is Chronological Order?
400
a category of literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.
What is genre?
400
A declaration of claim; It asserts, or states something positively as though it were true, but it does not provide evidence to back it up.
What is a Commonplace Assertion?
400
this involves characterizing a whole group of people a certain way.
What is Stereotyping?
400
a persuasive technique where the author uses imperfect reasons
What is Faulty Reasoning?
400
An organizational pattern that organizes information from most important to least important or from least to most important.
What is Order of Importance?
500
also known as the resolution where the main conflict is solved or ended
What is denouement?
500
This claim is NOT based on personal judgement; it is objective and it includes factual information.
What is a Factual Claim?
500
This word means "To the Human" in Latin.
What is Ad Hominem?
500
When you make something bigger or more important than it actually is
What is an Exaggeration?
500
An organizational pattern that identifies a problem and proposes a solution or solutions, or steps to a solution.
What is Problem-Solution Order?
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