Author's Purpose & Audience
What is the group of people the writer writes for called?
Audience
When an author describes something using sensory details, they are using this structure.
Description
This writing technique tells a story with characters, setting, and plot.
Narrative
Define an oxymoron and give an example
when two contradictory words join to make another word.
Example
Name the rhetorical devices.
Ethos, Pathos, Logos
This is the main reason an author writes a text
author's purpose
After an author gives their main idea, what must they have to support it?
Supporting details
Cause-and-effect, problem-and-solution, and chronological order are text structures and examples of techniques used in this type of writing.
Expository
Define onomatopoeia and provide an example
A sound device where the word says the sound.
Example
How can one incorporate Ethos in their writing.
Apply ethics, use celebrity, use experts.
What are some ways you as the reader can identify the intended audience?
word choice, time period, issues discussed, setting, etc.
When a passage explains the reason something happens and the result, it uses this text structure.
cause and effect
This narrative technique uses clues to hint at what is to come later.
Foreshadowing
Define alliteration and provide an example
A sound device where the letter sound repeats.
Example
Which rhetorical device appeals to emotion?
Pathos
If a text is full of technical vocabulary, charts, and detailed explanations, who is the most likely audience?
Experts
How is Compare and Contrast different from Cause and Effect?
Compare and Contrast lists the similarities and differences between topics, while Cause and Effect tells of an event or situation and the effects it causes.
Facts, statistics, definitions, and examples are common techniques in this type of writing.
Expository
Define metaphor and provide an example
Compares two things and does not use like or as.
Example
What is the difference between author's perspective and author's purpose?
Perspective is what the author believes or feels
Purpose is why the author is writing the passage or text.
What are the 3 most common purposes for writing?
Inform, Persuade, Entertain
What does it mean if a passage is organized in Chronological Order?
It is written in the order in which the events happened.
What is the difference between first-person, second-person, and third-person.
First-person: I, me, my. From a personal point of view
Second-person: you, your.
Third-Person: he, she, they,etc.
Define simile and provide an example
Compares two things using like or as.
Example
What does it mean when an author presents a balanced perspective?
The author tells both sides of the story/both view points.