A person whose extreme devotion to a cuase is excessive or unreasonable.
What is a fanatic?
100
What is the specific information or proof that backs up the reason in an argument -
What is evidence?
100
the original, firsthand account, " from the horse's mouth"
What is the primary source?
100
hinting at what will happen later in a story
What is foreshadowing?
100
a story that is written to be acted for by an audience
What is drama?
200
Freedom from punishment, meaning you can commit a crime and not suffer any consequences
What is impunity?
200
The broad statement that applies to or covers many individuals, experiences, situations, observations, or texts
What is generalization?
200
This is a source that is written by a writer who did not participate directly in the events he/she interprets, relates, and analyzes
What is the secondary source?
200
Unlike its denotation, a word’s ___________ are based on feelings, subjective feelings
What is connotation?
200
an account of a person's life, written or told by another person
What is biography?
300
This word usually described how George felt as he considered the future realistically. It means sad, depressed, grave. ( M)
What is morosely?
300
A guess based on observation or prior experience
What is inference?
300
When you put together different sources of information together in a process that gives you a better understanding of a whole subject. A product of this type of reading could be a research paper, an informational poster, a powerpoint
What is a synthesizing?
300
When you need to define a word in a sentence and you have to find clues in the sentences and from the text itself
What is context clue?
300
a very brief story that teaches a moral or practical lesson about how to get along in life. Aesop is one of the famous authors of this type of tale. Usually there are talking animals that speak and behave like humans...
What is fable?
400
This word means bitter-sweet, a longing for the past
What is the nostalgic?
400
The writer's most important point, opinion, or message
What is main idea?
400
Restating a sentences of a text in your own words
What is paraphrase?
400
a figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion or to create a comic effect - also called an overstatement
What is hyperbole?
400
A short piece of nonfiction that examines a subject from a limited point of view, meaning the work states its point in the first paragraph and goes on to prove it in the body, and wraps up the ideas in a conclusion. A personal narrative is an example of this form...
What is an essay?
500
This word means you do not care at all, have no feelings about something, the root is -path
What is the apathetic ?
500
A statement of a person's belief, idea or attitude. THe antonym is opinion.
What is opinion?
500
What is the purpose of graphic elements in text?
What is reinforce the main idea of a text.
500
The category that a work of literature is classified under
What is genre?
500
A type of rhythmic, compressed language that uses figures of speech and imagery to appeal to the reader's emotions and imagination