Semester 2 Exam Review 6th grade SpringBoard

taking and using as your own the words andideas of another

the author’s choice of presenting a topic in an (persuasive)or (informational) tone

a light, humorous, nonsensical verse of few lines,usually with a rhyme scheme of a-a-b-b-a

adequate for the purpose of supporting a claim or reason

To make a logical guess or conclusion based onobservation,prior experience, or textual evidence

giving credit to the authors of source information

a purposeful arrangement of characters frozen asifin a painting or a photograph

to persuade in writing or speaking

a public debate or dispute concerning a matter of opinion

the process of locating information from a variety of sources;

a rhetorical appeal to logic through statistics, facts, and reasonable examples

to indicate or suggest without being explicitly stated

write notes to explain or present ideas that help you analyze and understand a text

the end of a paragraph or essay, which brings it to a close & leaves an impression on readers

a writer’s statement of a position or opinionabout a topic

the points that explain why the author is making a certain claim

to be trusted or believed

a consistent pattern of end rhyme throughouta poem

the speed at which a speaker delivers words

facts, statistics, examples

Two or more items that have the same/different characteristics

a group of lines, usually similar in length andpattern,that form a unit within a poem

In argumentative writing, the author’s view of a topic (positive or negative)

Theme,  message, or purpose of a literary work

To briefly restate the main ideas of a pieceof writing

a genre of literature that is intended to beperformedbefore an audience; a play

the repetition of consonant sounds at thebeginnings of words that are close together

a style of writing or speaking that is appropriatefor academics or business