Language Arts Informational!
This organizational pattern shows an event that happened and the reason (why) it happened
What is cause and effect?
The main character or one of the major characters in a story or drama.
What is the protagonist?
The study of government, and what it means to be a citizen.
What is civics?
Two houses in the legislative body.
What is bicameral?
A person running for political office
What is a candidate?
The author's opinion about a topic.
What is author's viewpoint/perspective?
A character that changes throughout and as a result of the plot.
What is a dynamic character?
A written plan of government, the supreme law of the land (the rule book).
What is a constitution?
Proposed legislation (wanna be law)
What is a bill?
A system where branches check on each other’s power so that no one branch has too much power.
What are checks and balances?
This text feature provides extra information or facts and is in a separate section of a page or in a box.
What is a sidebar/textbox?
The part in the story where we get background information about the setting and the characters.
What is the exposition?
A business owner, the person willing to take a risk by starting & running a company.
What is an entrepreneur?
Central bank for the government, bank for banks
What is the Federal Reserve?
Money paid on money borrowed
Money made on money saved
What is interest?
The emotional connection a word has.
What is connotation?
The thing that starts the conflict.
What is the inciting incident?
An amendment that guarantees your rights of citizenship in the state where you reside(states cannot take away your rights)…must grant you due process.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This Amendment reserved powers to the states, those not given to the federal government are reserved for the states(& then the people)
What is the 10th Amendment?
An amendment that authorizes Congress to tax personal and business income.
What is the 16th Amendment?
A tendency or inclination for or against something.
What is bias?
When the author gives you hints or clues about what happens next.
What is foreshadowing?
The group that officially elects the president & vice president
What is the electoral college?
Ideas used to influence people’s thinking or behavior
What is propaganda?
the fair application of the law to one’s case
the constitutional protection against unfair governmental actions & laws
What is due process?