Show:
Style, Voice, Tone
History, Culture & Author
Informational Text
Persuasive Text
Persuasive Techniques
100
Author's attitude toward his subject- can be postisive, negative, or neural
What is Tone
100
Signal words include; like unlike, in cotrast, although, nevertheless
What is Compare and Contrast
100
Is a claim supported by reasons and evidence.
What is Argument
100
Taps into people's desires to belong
What is Bandwagon appeal
200
Atmosphere created by the author's work( how it makes you feel--feeling created)
What is Mood
200
to draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented (put clues together with your good brain.)
What is Inference
200
what a piece of writing is manily about--the Big Picture-It's never one thing.
What is Main Idea
200
a statement that many people assume to be true, though it may or may not actually be true.
What is Common Place Assertion
200
Tries to gain moral support for a claim by linking the claim to a widely accepted value
What is Ethical appeal
300
A collection of word pictures that appeal to the reader's senses; uses devices such metaphor, simile, etc
What is Imagery
300
humorous stories about impossible events. (Ex. the american frontier stories, and were passed down from generation to generation.)
What is Tall Tales
300
Words and details that appeal to a reader's senses
What is Sensory details
300
Statement that can be verified, independently and objectively with facts, personal observation, reliable sources, or an expert's findings (may use statistic or number-there was a 20 percent increase in enrollment this year at our school.
What is Factual Claim
300
makes people feel as if their safety, security or health is in danger
What is Appeal to fear
400
To summarize part of or all a text you read in your words.
What is Paraphrase
400
The reason the author has for writing. (inform, entertain, explain, express and persuade)
What is Authors's purpose
400
the part of a text that stands out ( diagram, table of contents, index, etc)
What is Text Features
400
the fallacy of an idea or a principle that is untrue (ex. holding frogs gives you warts)
What is False assumption
400
Pas into people's compassion for others
What is Appeal to Pity
500
The contrast between what is expected and what actually exists or happens
What is Irony
500
words and details that appeal to a reader's senses (sight, touch , taste, hearing, smell & emotion)
What is Sensory Details
500
Make a brief statement of the main events of a story.It has to have the beginning, middle and end. It should be precise(accurate) and concise ( to the point).
What is Summary
500
a question that suggests the desired answer or tries to make the audience think in a particular way (what do you think about the horrible effects of slavery?)
What is Leading question
500
Uses words with strongly positive or negative connotation to stir people's emotions.
What is Loaded Terms