Informational Text
Informational Texts
misc.
misc.
misc.
100
to describe, explain, entertain, inform, persuade
What is author's purpose?
100
the author wants you to do, buy, or believe something
What is persuasion?


100
the author wants to amuse you or for you to enjoy writing
What is to entertain?
100
the author wants to tell you how to do something or how something works
What is explain?
100
the author wants to give you information
What is informational text?
200
the purpose type the author wants you to visualize or experience a person, place, or thing
What is describe?
200
opinion, advertisements, persuasive letters, campaign speeches
What are examples of persuasive text?
200
songs, poems, plays, jokes
What are examples of texts to entertain?
200
Steps, how-to recipes, instructions, procedures, directions
What are examples of explanatory texts?
200
textbooks, biographies, directions, nonfiction books, newspaper articles, expository essays
what are examples of informational texts?
300
 imagery, descriptive essays, product description
What are examples of descriptive text?
300
tells the main idea and position for an entire nonfiction text
what is the thesis?
300
ords that connect ideas between sentences and show how these ideas are related. ex. furthermore, additionally
what are transitions?
300
an argument that is not sound but may still be convincing
INhat is a fallacy?
300
the three appeals to persuade you in an argument
INhat is logos, ethos, pathos?
400
divides a text into different sections based on their topic
hat is the heading?
400
the general subject that the passage is about. Usually one or two words.
hat is the topic?
400
the strict, literal meaning of a word - the dictionary meaning
What is denotation?
400
a fallacy in which the intent is to attack the character or circumstance of the proponent
INhat is ad hominem?
400
1. the use of logic, numbers, facts, and data to support your argument


2. appealing to your audience's emotions

3. making yourself seem trustworthy and believable

1 What is logos (reason)?


2. What is pathos (emotion)?

3. What is ethos (ethics)

500
a sentence in a passage that states the main idea of that passage.
what is a topic sentence?
500
a sentence that leads us into a new topic or shows the relation between topics used to connect ideas
hat is a transitional sentence?
500
a mental leaning, inclination, or prejudice

Ex. No one who is fat should be president.

What is bias?
500
a fallacy that unreasonably advances the writer's own authority or character
INhat is an ethical fallacy?
500
1. a fallacy in which one claim classifies a person or group according to a common aspect that is oversimplified, rigidly applied, and often uncomplimentary

2. a statement in support of a particular truth, fact, or claim

3. your main point in an argument

1. What is stereotyping?



2. What is a testimonial?

3. What is a claim?

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