Academic Vocab 2

Question 1

narrative

Answer 1

a story (personal narrative - true story about oneself) (fictional narrative - a make-believe story about oneself)t

Question 2

expository

Answer 2

writing that explains or describes

Question 3

persuasive/argumentative

Answer 3

writing that is intended to make others believe a viewpoint

Question 4

primary source

Answer 4

a firsthand account of information (diary, journal, interview, etc.)

Question 5

secondary source

Answer 5

writing created by a person who did not experience the account firsthand

Question 6

chronological structure

Answer 6

writing that is based on the order in which the event happened

Question 7

problem & solution

Answer 7

writing that presents a problem and offers ways to solve it

Question 8

sequence structure

Answer 8

writing that gives a step-by-step process (recipes, how-to)

Question 9

compare/contrast

Answer 9

writing that explains how two or more topics are alike and different

Question 10

descriptive structure

Answer 10

writing that describes a topic

Question 11

cause & effect

Answer 11

writing that explains why something happens and the results that follow

Question 12

excerpt

Answer 12

a small part of a larger piece of writing

Question 13

stanza

Answer 13

the grouping of lines in a poem