Fiction/ Literary Non Fiction
The basic sequence of events in a story that includes the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
Plot
Literary works focused on the expression of feelings and ideas through elements such as meter, rhyme, and stanzas.
Poetry
A text that presents information in order to explain, clarify, and/or educate.
Informational
A text in which the writer develops and defends a position or debates a topic using logic and persuasion.
Argumentative
What is the strategy/ acronym we use when responding to an SCR question?
RACE
The time and place in which a narrative occurs.
Setting
Literary works written in a stage play format which includes dialogue and stage directions that is intended to be performed.
Drama
Any characteristic of the text outside the main body of the text that helps convey the meaning such as title, charts, photographs, timelines, etc.
Text Features
The intended target group for a message, regardless of the medium.
Audience
How many paragraphs are in an ECR?
4 paragraphs
A literary device used by an author to show past events. The plot jumps back in time.
Flashback
Language not intended to be taken literally but layered with meaning. We use ISHAMPOO.
Figurative Language
Restate the meaning of something in different words.
Paraphrase
Specific details or facts that support a claim.
Evidence
A statement that rephrases the question and gives 2 reasons in an ECR. Also called the controlling idea.
Thesis
The central or universal idea of a literary work that often relates to morals and/or values and speaks to the human experience/condition. The life lesson of a story.
Theme
Descriptions or instructions in a play that provide information about characters, dialogue, setting, and actions.
Stage Directions
The pattern an author constructs as he or she organizes his or her ideas and provides supporting details. Examples of commonly used patterns are cause and effect, problem and solution, description, and order of importance.
Organizational Pattern
An incorrect argument that is not based on sound reasoning.
Logical Fallacy
The LAST sentence of your ECR is called...
The atmosphere or feeling created by the writer in a literary work or passage.
Mood
The reason an author writes about a particular topic (e.g., to persuade, to entertain, to inform, to explain, to analyze, etc.).
Author's Purpose
The main point or underlying direction of a piece of writing. It also helps the reader understand the author’s purpose for writing the paragraph or essay.
Controlling Idea
A viewpoint that opposes an author’s thesis or claim.
Counterargument
Example transition word to use for your second body paragraph when you are writing an ARGUMENTATIVE ECR.
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