Grammar
My favorite teacher.
Fragment
expert
the writer
active reader versus passive reader
Makes connections and comprehends text
reads without comprehension
What makes someone or something believable
credibility
The county sheriff filed a report with the court clerk
active voice
Adverb
Describe verbs, adjectives and other adverbs. It answers The Who what when where how or how often questions.
parts of an essay
title
introduction
thesis
topic sentences
body paragraphs
conclusion
Main Idea
statement or argument that an author tries to communicate
Attitude expressed about a topic of the text
Tone
define genre
types of writing
common noun versus proper noun
common- nonspecific people places things, events or ideas
proper-specific names of specific people places things events or ideas
Topic versus Title
Your title should not be the topic.
KWL
What I know
What I want to know
What I learned
A person's opinions or preferences
Bias
modifier
words or groups of words that aadd extra information to a sentence
gravity
non-count noun
support the thesis
topic sentence
define
inference
Authors Purpose
To inform, entertain, persuade and reflect(narrate)
point of view
1st person 2nd person 3rd person
breakfast
compound word
define thesis
statement or claim
name three organizational patterns
cause/effect
chronological
spatial
compare/contraast
order of importance
topical
Arguments can be broken down into three basic parts
Ethos
Logos
Pathos
avoid in formal writing
contractions
cliches
slang
idioms
textspeak-emoticon, abbreviations, etc