The reason the author is writing
Author's purpose
Writing that presents facts and explanations of concepts
Informationa Text
Writing that is creative in nature, including novels, poetry, drama, short stories and some non fiction
Literary Text
Reasons, facts, examples, or other evidence that help explain the main idea
Supporting details
An underlying central idea or message that runs through a work of literature, which can be expressed in a complete sentence
Theme
The main point of a text
Central idea
Without an opinion; unbiased
Objective
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To reword a statement made by someone else
paraphrase
To present someone else's words or idea's as one's own
Plagiarize
A brief restatement of the facts or statements already made
Summary
A concrete, specifically stated detail
explicit detail
An assumption derived from an explicit detail
Implicit detail
A conclusion based on what you read and what you already know
Inference
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