2nd Semester Review

The central or most important idea from a text

True texts that explain something

Persuasion that uses situations that are unbalanced or unfair to convince the reader

Section titles that hint at the main idea of the section that follows it

A personal judgment based on something that is not necessarily fact or knowledge based

A true story about a person's life or part of his or her life

Information that helps prove a claim

The series of events in a story revolving around the conflict

The group of people the writer is "speaking" to

A writer's story of his or her own life

Persuasive technique that relies on a person's sympathy or guilt to convince them

The author's feeling toward the story or topic

One or two words that sum up what the story is about

A truth know by actual experience or observation

A broad statement about a group of people based on a belief about some of its members. 

Restating the author's main ideas and details in your own words

Words that have the same meaning

Persuasion that taps into the audience's desire to be part of a group

Elements of a text that organize & emphasize information (bold words, subheadings, pictures)

A struggle between opposing forces

Persuasive technique that makes the audience afraid something bad will happen

The feeling a reader gets from reading a selection

In an argument or persuasion, this is the writer's position on an issue or problem

A lesson that a story teaches