vocab Flashcards
is the movement from one event to another or the changes in the characters’ understanding
Development
To affect or change someone or something in an indirect but usually important way
Influence
It serves as a powerful influence, influencing perceptions, attitudes, and response
Impact (on tone)
It shows the writer’s attitude toward the subject, characters, or audience
Affect (on tone)
Characterized by or capable of clear, sound reasoning
Logical
Is a request for information or a systematic investigation
Inquiry
An individual feature, fact, or item
Details
Give (something, especially money) in order to help achieve or provide something
Contribute
Consistently good in quality or performance; able to be trusted
Reliable
The way someone thinks, feels, and behaves
Character
The words an author uses to support their purpose in a text
Author’s word choice
Provide information to clarify, prove, or explain the main idea
Supporting Detail
What a piece of writing is mostly about
Central Idea
The point or message - what an author presents and what a reader takes from a text
Main Idea
The attitude or general character of a piece of writing
Tone
A conscious state of mind or predominant emotion
Mood
The main idea or message of a work of art, writing, or music
Theme
A summary that does not include any opinions or judgments about what is written in the text
Objective summary/summarizes
A group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase
Prepositional Phrase (in the story)
Adds additional information to a sentence
Nonrestrictive Clauses (identify in the story)
Commonly used to link together two independent yet related clauses
Semicolons (Identify in the story)
A punctuation mark used to join words or parts of words
Hyphens
A statement in which a writer presents an assertion as truthful to substantiate an argument
Claim
The systematic process of collecting, analyzing, and interpreting information from various sources like books, articles, and other scholarly publications to gain a comprehensive understanding of a specific topic
Research
a thing that is known or proved to be true
Fact
A view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge
Opinion
