a person's opinion, argument or belief

Language Arts Skills Test #3 Flashcards

1

plural nouns

information
theory
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry
themes

2

compound noun

showboat
college
Torres and Williams
peanun butter

3

What is the author's purpose?

The reason the author rights a literary work
The author's point of view
literal language
the theme

4

claim

the counterclaim
the main point
a person's opinion, argument or belief
the point of view

5

connotation

imaginative defintion
type of language
point of view
literal dictionary defintion

6

unclear pronoun

personal pronoun
intensive pronoun
possessive pronoun
vague pronoun

7

collective noun

school players
couldn't
us
these

8

to draw a conclusion

inference
thesis
explain details
informational

9

indefinite pronoun

himself
anyone
she's
she

10

A type of writing that argues a point

explantory
informational
narrative
argumentive

11

denotation

imaginative definition
literal dictionary definition
type of language
none of the above

12

possessive noun

myself
Jose and Leo
I
Dexter's shoulders

13

proper noun

showers and rain
Macy's Dept. Store
shoes
color guard

14

What is the thesis of a writing?

the conclusion
the main point the author is trying to make
Ms. Williams' shoes
the theme

15

What is the definition of theme?

the point of view of a story
someone who tells the story
the big idea
the claim

16

The ______________ against your claim

theme
information
counterclaim
argument

17

pronoun

Mr. Abel Lopez
Mr. Carlos Torres
his
employee

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intensive

Alyssa's purse
team
myself
it

Language Arts Skills Test #3

Questions 18

Language Arts Skills Test #3

Questions 18