Narrative pose intended to inform or instruct the reader on a particular topic
What is informational nonfiction?
100
The subtle presence of a positive or negative approach toward a topic
What is bias?
100
A literary organizational form that presents the order in which tasks are to be preformed
What is a sequence?
100
Words or phrases in a sentence, paragraph, and or whole text, which help reason out the meaning of unfamiliar word
What are context clues?
200
An attempt to distract the reader with details not relevant to the arguement
What is red herring?
200
Narrative nonfiction written about a person's life
What is biography?
200
To capture all of the most important parts of the original text, but express them in a much shorter space, and as much as possible in the reader's own words
What is summarize?
200
Information in the passage is organized in order of time.
What is chronological order?
200
One or more letters occurring as a bound form attached to the beginning, end or base of a word and serving to produce a derivative word or an inflectional form
What is affix?
300
Attempts to persuade the reader by repeating a message over and over again
What is repetition?
300
A narrative nonfiction that an author writes about his or her own life
What is an autobiography?
300
The author's choices regarding language, sentence structure, voice, and tone in order to communicate with the reader.
What is style?
300
A problem is described and a response or solution is proposed or explained.
What is problem and solution?
300
The range of associations that a word or phrase suggests in addition to its dictionary meaning
What is connotation?
400
Tries to persuade the reader to do, think or buy something because it is popular or because "everyone" is doing it
What is bandwagon?
400
A narrative about a certain topic, usually expressive of the author's feelings or opinions
What is a personal essay?
400
The attitude of the author toward the audience, characters, subject or the work itself
What is tone?
400
Shows how two or more things are alike and or different.
What is compare and contrast?
400
Groups of letters placed before a word to alter its meaning
What is prefix?
500
States a conclusion as part of the proof of the argument
What is a circular argument?
500
Persuasive writing intended to introduce and sell a product or idea
What is an advertisement?
500
The fluency, rhythm, and liveliness in a text that make it unique to the author
What is voice?
500
A topic, idea, person, place or thing is described by listing its features, characteristics or examples.
What is description?
500
The ordering of words into meaningful verbal patterns such as phrases, clauses, and sentences