Textual Evidence
It is specific information found within a reading that is used to support claims and analysis of that text.
What is Textual Evidence?
An idea that must be backed by supporting details
What is a Central idea?
A structure where the author discusses similarities and differences between two or more items, ideas, concepts, places, persons, or events and emphasizes superiority of one over others
What is comparison and contrast?
It creates a relationship with three key components: the message, the write/speaker (author), and the
What is rhetoric?
a phrase or expression whose intended meaning cannot be derived from the literal definitions of its elements and that depends on context to convey its meaning
An occurence when the meaning is unclear or uncertain, or multiple interpretations are possible
What is ambiguities?
Restatements of part of the original work
What are Paraphrases?
Ideas and feelings associated with the word
Concerned primarily with influecing the way people think and act
What is persuasion?
an indirect reference to a person, object, historical event, or literary work that
What is an allusion?
An educated guess
What is inference?
Evidence that is enough to completely cover and support the idea or point
What is Sufficient evidence?
A strucutre where the author present a problem or problem and offers a solution
What is Problem-solution?
Always involves persuasion; Has logic as its primary concern; Seeks to convince by appealing to logic and the mind
a concise type of paradox in which seemingly contradictory words or phrases actually state a truth
What is an oxymoron?
Evidence that clearly communicated an author's direct message or meaning
What is explicit evidence?
These support a central idea so they can be relevant.
What are Supporting details?
These are two actions you perform when you look for meaning in informational text
What is determine and discover?
Questions raised to make a point, rather than to prompt actual answers
What are rhetorical questions?
explains or clarifies one item in terms of another on a nonliteral level
What is a figurative language?
Evidence that requires readers to gather textual infotmation to make an inference
What is implicit evidence?
University studies, Experts, News Magazines, Websites are examples of what?
What are sources?
These words are used to show the type of structure is being used
What are transitions?
Sentences, paragraphs, chapters, and sections—as rhetorical features to emphasize or deemphasize particular points
What are structural elements?
A subtle or slight degree of difference, as in meaning, feeling, or tone; a gradation
What is Nuances?