The way ideas and information are arranged and organized.
What is Organizational Pattern.
100
This statement can be proved, or verified.
What is Fact.
100
To take individual pieces of information and combine them in order to gain a better understanding of a subject.
What is synthesize.
100
This GROUP on the periodic table of elements are inert (not reactive).
What is Group 18 - Noble Gases.
200
The feeling a reader gets from a story.
What is Mood.
200
To identify the similarities and differences of two or more subjects.
What is Compare and Contrast.
200
This statement cannot be proved, or verified, because it expresses a person's beliefs, feelings, or thoughts.
What is Opinion.
200
A logical guess that is made based on facts and one's own knowledge and experience.
What is inference.
200
The number of atoms of oxygen are present in this formula of water - 8H2O
What is 8.
300
A direct Comparison of two unlike nouns that do not use like or as in the comparison.
What is Metaphor.
300
That which follows reasonably.
What is logical order.
300
A writer's position on an issue or problem.
What is (author's) claim.
300
A statement of belief based on evidence, experience, and reasoning.
What is to conclude.
300
This number represents how many molecules are present - 8H2O
What is 8.
400
This expresses the writer's attitude toward his or her subject.
What is Tone.
400
To briefly retell the main ideas of a piece of writing in one's own words.
What is summary.
400
Writers often use them to suggest that their claim is so obvious that everyone should agree with it, they have obvious answers that do not require a reply.
What is Rhetorical Question.
400
Words or phrases surrounding a word that provides hints about the word's meaning.
What is Context Clues.
400
The solution to the equation 5x-3 (2x+1) = 25-3x
What is x = 14
500
When a writer intends to express thoughts, feelings, to inform, to persuade, to entertain, or to explain.
What is Author's Purpose.
500
The central or most important idea about a topic that a writer or speaker conveys.
What is main idea.
500
An opinion or belief that is taken for granted, and that which we may believe is true, but cannot be verified.
What is False Assumption.
500
A specific piece of information that proves or supports a claim. It can take the form of a fact, a quotation, an example, a statistic or personal experience.