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The Facts of Fiction
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Debate Team
Action! (Verbs)
Testing 101
100
Messages or lessons that are at the heart of what the author writes
What is theme?
100
What the author thinks, feels, or believes
What is the author's point of view?
100
The author’s position on an issue; claims and facts support the author’s beliefs
What is the author's argument?
100
To make a logical conclusion based on new information and what you already know
What is to make an inference or to infer?
100
A result brought about by a cause or change
What is an effect?
200
An extended comparison between two unlike things
What is an analogy?
200
The subject the author is writing about; you can know the topic often by looking at the title
What is the topic?
200
To have a difference of opinion or belief; to present different evidence or facts
What is conflicting point of view or to conflict?
200
To communicate or show
What is to convey?
200
To restate in one’s own words
What is to paraphrase?
300
The attitude the author has about the characters, situation or plot
What is tone?
300
Information used to support an opinion, belief, or claim
What is text evidence?
300
A statement the author believes to be true
What is a claim?
300
To recognize as being valid, or having truth and/or influence
What is to acknowledge?
300
A brief restatement of the central idea and most important supporting details
What is a summary or to summarize?
400
An expression or use of words that is the opposite of what you mean; sarcasm, satire
What is irony?
400
The feeling or idea associated with a word or phrase
What is a word's connotation?
400
Showing no prejudice or unfair opinions; impartial
What is unbiased?
400
To examine in order to find similarities or differences
What is to compare?
400
This statement is used in inferencing questions; answer is not directly stated
What is "most likely/lease likely"?
500
The narrator and the reader knows the thoughts, feelings, and activities of more than one character; uses “he, she, it”
What is third-person omniscient point of view?
500
Related to the topic at hand
What is relevant?
500
To challenge or dispute; to debate or argue
What is to contradict?
500
To make apparent; to express
What is to reflect?
500
The person, event, or condition that is responsible for an action or result
What is a cause?