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the subject performs the action denoted by the verb. These examples show that the subject is doing the verb's action. Because the subject does or "acts upon" the verb in such sentences, the sentences are said to be in the?
Active Voice
Compound sentence
the main idea or underlying meaning a writer explores in a novel, short story, or other literary work. Moral of the story.
Theme
an argument or set of reasons put forward to oppose an idea or theory developed in another argument.
Counter argument
for items that. require the student to generate a response as opposed to select a response.
Constructed Response
comprised of at least two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.
Compound-Complex Sentence
a way or method by which organizational activities are divided, organized and coordinated.
Organizational Structures
genre of writing that requires the student to investigate a topic, collect, generate, and evaluate evidence, and establish a position on the topic in a concise manner.
Argumentative Essay
writing uses devices to connect ideas within each sentence and paragraph.
Coherence
a direct specific meaning as distinct from an implied or associated idea
Denotative meaning
used to show interest in the person or object that experiences an action rather than the person or object that performs the action.
Passive Voice
means something that is stated plainly
Explicit Text
Using specific words/phrases from an already published author that helps to prove a statement or to lend credibility to an idea.
Textual Evidence
a brief statement or restatement of main points,
Summary
the state of being strikingly different from something else
Contrast
Complex sentence
is nonfiction writing, written with the intention of informing the reader about a specific topic.
Informational Text
a refutation or contradiction.
Rebuttal
who the author writes their piece for—in other words, the reader.
Audience
explanatory notes or comment
Annotation
the omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues.
Ellipsis
a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
Inference
the central, unifying element of the story
Central Idea
is created when you mean something else, something that might be initially hidden.
Connotative meaning
his reason for or intent in writing.
Authors purpose