Vocabulary 1
an experienced person who gives someone else advice
Mentor
one part of something
The author’s goal is to make the reader happy, sad, or scared. What is the author’s primary purpose?
To entertain
Determine the author’s purpose for the description below.
A book of over 1,000 knock-knock jokes
To Entertain
a new business
full of anger or energy; violent or intense
Furious
unable to be reached or entered
Inaccessible
The author's goal is to convince the reader to agree with the author. What is the author’s primary purpose?
To Persuade
Determine the author’s purpose for the description below.
A timeline showing important events from the American Civil War
To Inform
A strong argument contains credible, or believable, sources. Therefore, sources should be:
Reliable, Unbiased, and Current
to try to do something, especially over a long period of time
Pursue
a person who starts a new business
Entrepreneur
The author usually wishes to enlighten their readers about a real-world topic. What is the author’s primary purpose?
To inform
a phrase or expression that has a different meaning from the literal or actual meaning of the word
Idiom
A strong argument should have four components. What are those four components?
T: Thesis Statement
R: Reasons
E: Evidence
E: Ending
hopeful and confident about the future
Optimistic
people who have scientific training and who design and build complicated products
Engineer
The author wants to tell the reader how to do something or reveal to them how something works. What is the author’s primary purpose?
To Explain
What is the meaning of the idiom shown in bold?
The police department decided to ignore jaywalking because it had bigger fish to fry.
The police department was concerned with more important things than jaywalkers.
an agreement to borrow money and pay it back
Loan
experiencing worry, unease, or nervousness, typically about an event
Anxious
money that a person or company owes
Liability
Determine the author’s purpose for the description below.
An article that tells you how to assemble a bicycle
To Explain
Determine the author’s purpose for the description below.
A speech written by a presidential candidate listing the reasons why you should vote for him
To Persuade
Where should the thesis statement appear in the introduction?
at the end of the introduction