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an educated guess based on something not directly stated in the text, clues are needed to go beyond the text
What is an inference?
100
a person in a story
What is a character?
100
an implicit (implied) comparison that does not use like or as; saying something is something else
What is a metaphor?
100
ethics or moral beliefs that influence and author; convinces the reader of the author's credibility
What is ethos?
100
to move forward; how an idea, argument or plot progresses
What is advance?
200
a statement made as the truth that can be argued
What is a claim?
200
the author's reason for writing a text
What is author's purpose?
200
descriptive language in a text
What is imagery?
200
the reason something happened; the event that led up to another event
What is the noun cause?
200
a reference to an event that already happened or a text that is older and established
What is an allusion?
300
a hidden meaning different from its dictionary meaning - emotional meaning: positive, neutral and negative
What is connotative?
300
a person who writes plays
What is a playwright?
300
to make something happen
What is the verb cause?
300
the state of being the same
What is similar?
300
false; based on a mistaken belief
What is fallacious?
400
the result of an action (noun)
What is effect?
400
improve something by making small changes
What is refine?
400
how the story unfolds over the course of a text; how the story is supported
What is development?
400
related to; appropriate in a situation
What is relevant?
400
combining two or more things (ideas or texts)
What is integration?
500
restating a text's main points with no emotions or personal opinions
What is an objective summary?
500
communicate an idea through words or actions; get your point across
What is convey?
500
a text, recording, or other source of information that was created later by someone who was not there or did not participate in the event
What is a secondary source?
500
language that persuades or makes an impression on someone; usually found in speeches
What is rhetoric?
500
a very small difference in word meaning
What is a nuance?