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Define It
Infomrational
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v. understand or explain the meaning of a concept or an idea
What is interpret?
100
What is the purpose of a thesis?
What is it is the central idea about a topic?
100
What are the types of essays an articles?
Narrative Expository Persuasive Descriptive Reflective
100
Explain Statements of Facts
Statments that can be proved true
100
What is connotation?
associations that authors use to shape readers' views
200
v. make something more clear or understandable
What is clarify?
200
What does an article do?
provides information about a topic
200
What are two types of articles?
News Articles Feature Articles
200
Explain Statistics
numbers used to compare members of a group of people or things
200
What is figurative language?
language not meant to be taken literarlly
300
reason for writing
What is purpose?
300
Explain what a speech is.
a nonfiction text that a speaker devlivers, or says, to an audience.
300
What are three types of speeches?
Speech of Public Advocacy Impromptu Speech
300
Explain Descriptions
details that that tell what something looks like tastes like and so on
300
What are four types of rhetorical devices?
repition parallelism restatement rhetorical questions
400
forms of writing that present facts or discuss real life
What is nonfiction?
400
What are three main purposes for writing?
To inform To persuade To Entertain
400
What does it mean when an author develops his text
The author elaborates on ideas explaining them and showing the connections from one idea to the next.
400
Explain reasons
claims that justify beliefs
400
What is diction?
the specific word choices the author makes
500
creates or conveys the writer's attitude
What is tone?
500
What techniques do writers use to achieve his or her purpose?
organizing information and choosing language
500
What is technical language?
language specific to a discipline
500
Explain expert opinions
What is judgements of people with speical knowledge of a subject
500
What is syntax?
the arrangement of words in sentences