House
The foundation of a passage.
What is the TOPIC?
A word with the same meaning as another word.
What is a SYNONYM?
To express the key facts or points in a short, clear manner.
What is to SUMMARIZE?
When an author's main goal is to make the audience laugh, cry, or be frightened.
What is to ENTERTAIN?
The last paragraph in a 5 paragraph essay.
Evidence the author uses to fortify his/her claim.
What are the SUPPORTING DETAILS?
A word with the opposite meaning of another word.
What is an ANTONYM?
What is PARAPHRASE?
Speech used to exaggerate.
What is HYPERBOLE?
The first paragraph in a 5 paragraph essay.
What is the MAIN IDEA?
The subject the author is writing about.
What is the TOPIC?
The circumstances, background, or setting surrounding an event, statement, or idea.
What is CONTEXT?
An action and its consequence.
What are CAUSE AND EFFECT?
To convince someone to agree with an opinion, or to take action.
What is to PERSUADE?
The middle paragraphs in a 5 paragraph essay.
What are the SUPPORTING DETAILS?
The roof of a story.
What is the MAIN IDEA?
Demonstrating the dissimilarities between two different things.
What is CONTRASTING?
An list of events ordered by chronology.
What is a TIMELINE?
A phrase that makes an indirect comparison.
What is a SIMILE?
The type of contrast/comparison used in a 4 paragraph essay.
What is the BLOCK METHOD?
A pillar of an essay.
What is a SUPPORTING DETAIL?
The usage of logic and reasoning to deduce meaning.
What is INFERRING?
The act of understanding and ordering events.
What is SEQUENCING?
A type of phrase used to make a direct comparison.
What is a METAPHOR?
The type of contrast/comparison used in a 5 paragraph essay.
What is the POINT-BY-POINT METHOD?