It's an argument
The author's main point or overall idea.
What is a claim?
What is a thesis?
What is a argument?
I danced all night long.
What is Hyperbole?
Kangaroos carry their joeys in their pouches.
What is active?
"Can't," "y'all," "won't," and "don't" are all examples of this.
What is a contraction
Vocab word meaning to "not allow".
What is prohibit?
The term for a an opposing position that is combined into your claim.
What is a counterclaim?
Time is a thief.
What is a metaphor?
John was eating a snack.
What is passive voice?
The Point of View writing that should be used to write academic papers.
What is 3rd person?
Vocab word meaning "to shorten".
What is abridge?
The term for the response to a counterclaim. It shows how the author's claim is more accurate than opposing viewpoints.
She was as busy as a bee.
What is a simile?
My bicycle got stolen last night.
What is passive voice?
The word that describes a "story within a story".
What is frame narrative?
Vocab word for a differing opinion. Frequently used regarding Supreme Court decisions.
What is dissenting.
Provide a claim about the topic:
Should schools be required to teach students how to pay taxes?
Responses will vary
It was raining cats and dogs.
What is an idiom?
My team won the soccer championship.
What is active?
Animal Farm, and the Tortoise and the Hare are examples of this technique in which a story is used to represent something else.
What is an allegory?
Vocab word meaning "to right a wrong".
What is redress?
Provide a counter claim about the argument:
Social media does more harm than good to students and should not be allowed.
Responses will vary
Jealousy reared its ugly head.
What is personification?
The Grand Canyon is visited by thousands of tourists every year.
A reference to a historical event, person, or place that a reader needs to understand in order to understand a book.
Vocab word that means "to make up".
What is constitute?