Ninth Lit EOC Milestone Informational Reading Terms Review

Question 1

arrangement of details according to physical position or relationship

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spatial

Question 2

Which of these is NOT a way to organize a comparison-contrast essay?

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Chronological Order

Question 3

Which of these is NOT a type of literary nonfiction?

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business letter

Question 4

Credibility means that a writer is

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trustworthy

Question 5

Uses reasoning to influence people's ideas or actions

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argumentation

Question 6

idea or message that is fully expressed or revealed by the writer

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explicit

Question 7

central idea or message of the text

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theme

Question 8

organization of events in order of occurrence

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chronological

Question 9

Meaning that is hinted at rather than stated directly

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implicit

Question 10

shows relationship between reasons and results

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cause and effect

Question 11

language choices and techniques writers use to communicate their perspective

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rhetoric

Question 12

What kind of appeal involves reasoning, facts, cause and effect, and statistics?

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logical

Question 13

A writer can appeal to a reader's emotions with all of the following EXCEPT

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reasons

Question 14

Narrative writing that tells a story; may use literary devices found in stories and novels

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literary nonfiction

Question 15

Writing that explains or informs

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informational text

Question 16

To understand and interpret what the text does not state clearly is to...

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infer

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