Essay Writing
Writing where the author presents a claim or thesis statement and supports it with evidence and reasoning with the goal to persuade the reader.
Argumentative Essay
The underlying purpose or message that the author intends to convey through their writing.
Author's Intent
A punctuation mark used to separate two independent clauses that are closely related.
Semi-colon
To condense the main points or ideas of a text into a shorter version while maintaining the essential meaning.
Summarize
A group of words that functions as a single unit within a sentence but does not contain both a subject and a verb.
Phrase
Writing that aims to inform or explain a topic to the reader with a reliance on facts to clarify the subject matter.
Explanatory Essay
Vivid and descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates mental images for the reader.
Imagery
Attached to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning or create a new word.
Prefix
Examining the similarities and differences between two or more things.
Comparison
A group of words that contains a subject and a verb but cannot stand alone as a complete sentence.
Dependent Clause
Words, phrases, or sentences that connect ideas and paragraphs within a piece of writing and create coherence.
Transitions
Analyzing and explaining the meaning or significance of a text, artwork, or event based on your perspective.
Interpretation
Attached to the end of a word to modify its meaning or create a new word.
Suffix
Preference or inclination towards a particular perspective, often influencing judgment or decision-making
Bias
A group of words that contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought. It can stand alone as a sentence.
Independent Clause
An alternative perspective that challenges the validity of the main argument.
Counterclaim
The circumstances or background surrounding a particular text or event.
Context
A word that indicates the relationship (time/place) between nouns or pronouns and other elements in a sentence.
Preposition
Restating someone else's words or ideas in one's own words while retaining the original meaning.
Paraphrase
Repetition of words, phrases, or clauses in a sentence to create balance and clarity in writing.
Parallel Structure
A statement that summarizes the main points or arguments of an essay.
Thesis
The central idea or message conveyed through a piece of literature.
Theme
Part of a sentence that contains the verb and describes what the subject is doing or experiencing.
Predicate
To draw conclusions or make educated guesses based on evidence, reasoning, or context clues rather than explicit information.
Infer
A sentence that contains two or more independent clauses.
Compound Sentence