occurs when someone states one thing and means another
What is a Verbal Irony
100
the reason an author has for writing a story?(inform, perusade, express, explain & entertain
What is Author's purpose
100
Smaller titles that goes before an new section of the text.
What is Subtitle
100
A claim supported by reasons and evidence
What is an Argument
100
The use of words, description, or images that call forth strong feelings, such as pity, fear, or anger.
What is Emotional Appeal
200
a contrast between what is expected and what acually exists or happens.
What is an Irony
200
an exaggeration, used to emphasized the main character's qualities and create humor
What is a Hyperbole
200
a piece of writing mainly about -the big picture-its
What is Main Idea
200
a speech or writing that is false or misleading
What is a rhetorical fallacy
200
An attempt to gain moral support for a claim by linking the claim to widely accepted value
What is Ethical Appeal
300
What is restating the writers language in their own words?
What is a Paraphrase
300
humorous stories about impossible events.
What are Tall Tales
300
makes a brief statement of the main events of a story. Has the beginning, middle and end. To the point!
What is a Summary
300
an idea or a principle that in untrue (example holding frogs gives people warts
What is a factual assumption
300
Questions that contain their answer, such as, "You don;t want the forest to disappear, do you?"
What is a Leading question
400
the way the writer expresses an attitude, toward the subject, setting or characters they're writing about?
What is Tone
400
Are called signal words
What is Compare and Contrast
400
visual represention of information.
What is Graphic aids
400
A statement that can be verified, independently and objectively with facts, personal observations, reliable sources, or an expert's findings.
What is a factual claim
400
Words or phrases with strongly positive and negative connotations. Using immature to describe a teenager cast the person in a more negative light than using young.
What is a Loaded terms
500
the way the writer expresses himself or herself?
What is Style
500
, social problems, traditions, and values in the world around them.
What is Culture
500
includes titles, subheadings, captions, sidebars, boldfaced words, bulleted list and links.
What is Text Features
500
a statement that many people assume to be true, though it may or may not acutally be true.
What is a Common Place Assertions
500
A cartoon like portrayals of opposing arguments suach as , "They like to go around hugging trees."