Terms
An antonym
What is a word opposite in meaning to another?
The attitude of the writer in a piece of writing.
What is tone?
The judge found the witness was this when he decided he was very believable.
What is credible?
To make changes or corrections.
What is to revise?
The conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie is known as...
Dialogue
The I in PIE/Author's Purpose
What is to inform?
To look for differences between 2 or more elements.
What is a contrast?
Jeff Kinney set out to do this when he wrote "Diary of a Wimpy Kid."
What is to entertain?
The main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
What is the plot?
To develop or extend a story is to...
What is to elaborate?
Thesis statement
What is a statement that is put forward to be maintained or proved?
Investigation and study to establish facts and reach new conclusions.
What is to research?
'Cool as a cucumber' is a group of words that form this.
What is a phrase?
Argumentative writing
What is writing that uses evidence and facts to prove whether or not a thesis is true?
Using documents to provide evidence in research is using...
What are sources?
A narrative
What is a spoken or written account of connected events; a story?
To put something written or spoken in your own words.
What is to paraphrase?
Mistake and error are examples of this.
What are synonyms?
Flashback
What is a scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story?
An idea that pervades a work of art or literature is a...
What is a theme?
A claim
What is to assert the truth of something, typically one that is disputed or in doubt?
To make a conclusion from evidence and reasoning rather than from actual statements.
What is to infer?
Young and old are examples of this.
What are antonyms?
Interpretation
What is an explanation or way of explaining.
The author's purpose (PIE) is most commercials is to _________ the viewer.
What is to persuade?